ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver the keynote address at the Naval Academy‘s commissioning ceremony, a White House official told a Maryland news outlet Friday. Harris is expected to give the speech May 28 during the in-person, limited capacity ceremony in Annapolis, The Capital reported Friday, citing a White House spokesperson. The …
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) – The Philippine government has protested the Chinese coast guard’s harassment of Philippine coast guard ships patrolling a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday. It was the latest of dozens of recent protests by Manila’s foreign affairs department, along with increasingly acerbic remarks by …
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Military commanders will take center stage in a series of House hearings this week, but only in cyberspace. With the Senate on legislative break, House lawmakers have scheduled a robust series of online hearings, including public testimony from leaders of all five services. Leaders of the National Guard and service reserves will also testify on …
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Democratic and Republican senators searching for common ground on how to change policing in America are struggling over the divisive question of whether police officers should face lawsuits if they are accused of civil-rights violations. Emerging from a closed-door negotiating session with Republicans last week, Sen. Cory Booker, New Jersey Democrat, told reporters that they …
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Even presidents sometimes face flight delays. The troubled rollout of the replacement for Air Force One could be facing more obstacles following a dispute between aerospace giant Boeing and one of its contractors hired to build the next generation of perhaps the most iconic jetliner flying today. The Chicago-based Boeing announced earlier this week a …
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