The Senate has given final passage to the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which raises troop pay by 3.8%. It also pressures Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide lawmakers with video of strikes on alleged drug boats near Venezuela.

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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he left a closed-door meeting with top Trump administration officials with “more questions than answers” about their rationale for the ongoing strikes on alleged drug boats.

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Rep. Mike Lawler says House Speaker Mike Johnson is correct in saying the health care system isn't working, but allowing ACA subsidies to expire without a plan to address rising costs is "idiotic."

Members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees will see the full video of a controversial U.S. boat strike Wednesday that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth decided not to release publicly.