Funding stopgap would give Congress more time to debate expiring surveillance provisions

The stopgap government funding measure on which the House is set to vote Tuesday would give Congress more time to debate a set of controversial government surveillance provisions currently set to expire by Dec. 15.  One last-minute addition to the continuing resolution (CR) would give Congress 90 more days to debate whether it wants to reauthorize the expiring provisions […]

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On The Money: Supreme Court temporarily blocks House subpoena of Trump financial records | Trump touts 'cordial' meeting with Fed chief | Stopgap funding measure includes census money, military pay raise

Happy Monday and welcome back to On The Money, where we want front-row tickets to this debate whenever it happens. I’m Sylvan Lane, and here’s your nightly guide to everything affecting your bills, bank account and bottom line. See something I missed? Let me know at [email protected] or tweet me @SylvanLane. And if you like […]

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House Democratic chairman demands answers from Trump admin on vaping flavor ban

A House Democratic committee chairman wants answers from the Trump administration about whether the ban on e-cigarette flavors will ever happen. Rep. Raja KrishnamoorthiSubramanian (Raja) Raja KrishnamoorthiOvernight Health Care: Democratic group to only endorse AG candidates who back abortion rights | Protect Our Care launches seven-figure ad buy to boost vulnerable Dems | California sues […]

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Pentagon chief confident in military justice system after Trump pardons

Defense Secretary Mark EsperMark EsperPentagon chief confident in military justice system after Trump pardons US, South Korea cancel military exercise after criticism from North Korea Hillicon Valley: Twitter shares more details on political ad rules | Supreme Court takes up Google-Oracle fight | Pentagon chief defends Microsoft cloud contract MORE said he is still confident […]

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Overnight Defense — Presented by Boeing — Stopgap spending bill includes military pay raise | Schumer presses Pentagon to protect impeachment witnesses | US ends civil-nuclear waiver in Iran

Happy Monday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I’m Rebecca Kheel, and here’s your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter.   THE TOPLINE: The House will vote Tuesday on a stopgap spending measure to keep the government open past Thursday. The continuing resolution (CR), released Monday, would push […]

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