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Taiwan Extends Compulsory Military Service to 1 Year

Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in 2024, President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday, as the self-ruled island faces China's military, diplomatic and trade pressure. Taiwan, which split from the mainland in 1949 during a civil war, is claimed by China. The decades-old…

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Taiwan extends compulsory military service to 1 year

Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in 2024

The Independent UK

China holds biggest military drill near Taiwan since Pelosi trip

China sent 71 warplanes near Taiwan as a part of its biggest display of military might since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the democratically run island, with Taipei accusing Beijing of “military intimidation”.

Bangkok Post

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GOP stumbles with independents contributed to midterm woes

A sweeping national survey of the electorate, AP VoteCast, shows that Republican House candidates nationwide won the support of 38% of independent voters during last month's midterm elections

The Independent UK

China conduct strike drills around Taiwan in response to US ‘provocation’

The Chinese army conducted ‘strike drills’ in the sea and airspace around Taiwan on Sunday, it said.

Evening Standard

China Stages ‘Strike Drills’ around Taiwan, Citing Provocation

China's military said it had conducted "strike drills" in the sea and airspace around Taiwan on Sunday in response to unspecified "provocation" from the democratically-governed island and the United States. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained of repeated Chinese military activity nearby over the past three…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Jackie Calmes: Nancy Pelosi's indelible mark

On the Capitol's most historic man cave, as on much else, Nancy Pelosi has left her mark.

Los Angeles Times

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After Jan. 6: Congress born of chaos ends in achievement

The 117th Congress opened with the unfathomable Jan. 6, 2021, mob siege of the Capitol

The Independent UK

US House passes massive $1.7 trillion spending bill

Bill boosts military spending by 10 percent to a total of $858bn, alongside $772.5bn for domestic programmes.

Al Jazeera

Most members phone it in as House passes spending package

WASHINGTON — Whether it was because of holiday plans, a “bomb cyclone” or the fact that some of them won’t be doing this job in a few weeks, the House was definitely not packed for the final votes of the year as the chamber passed the fiscal 2023 omnibus spending…

Tribune News Service

House clears omnibus spending package as end nears for 117th Congress

WASHINGTON — The House cleared a catchall omnibus bill Friday containing $1.7 trillion in fiscal 2023 annual and emergency spending and a bevy of unrelated legislation lawmakers wanted to pass before the end of the current Congress.

Tribune News Service

Most members phone it in as House clears spending package - Roll Call

A rule created during the pandemic allowing House members to vote by proxy was popular for the final vote on a massive spending measure.

Roll Call

Trump rages over final Jan. 6 report

Trump lashed out over the committee's findings — but the report already refuted his claims

Salon

House clears omnibus package as end nears for 117th Congress - Roll Call

The House cleared a catchall omnibus bill Friday containing $1.7 trillion in fiscal 2023 annual and emergency spending.

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The Independent UK

January 6 committee releases final report on Trump-fuelled Capitol riot

Report clocks in at 845 pages

Tribune News Service

Senate passes $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill

WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly passed the mammoth fiscal 2023 spending package in a burst of activity on the floor Thursday after finally nailing down an amendments deal it took all day Wednesday and into the morning to hammer out.

Tribune News Service

Senate passes $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill

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Senate passes $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill - Roll Call

The Senate overwhelmingly passed the mammoth fiscal 2023 spending package in a burst of activity on the floor Thursday.

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Robert A. George: Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger put patriotism over politics

“Thank you for your service.” Most Americans use the phrase when they see a member of the military at the airport or in the supermarket. We should also now use it whenever we see Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger.

The Independent UK

Zelenskyy's surprise visit to DC was months in the making

The idea of a daring wartime trip by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington had percolated for some time before the surprise visit was revealed just hours ahead of the Ukrainian president’s arrival

Reuters

Russia dismissive of Ukraine getting U.S. Patriot missiles

Moscow said on Thursday that Ukraine acquiring Patriot missiles from the United States, announced during President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to Washington, won't help settle the conflict or prevent Russia from achieving its goals.

France 24

President Biden and Zelensky try to keep US Congress from balking

Volodymyr Zelensky's dramatic visit to Washington was a moment for the White House to demonstrate to Russia's Vladimir Putin that the United States would sustain its commitment to the war for, as President Joe Biden put it, “as long as it takes.”

Tribune News Service

As nation awaits Jan. 6 report, Republicans release their own

WASHINGTON — On the eve of the expected release of the final report from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, a group of Republican lawmakers put out their own account of the attack that focused instead on Capitol Police preparedness that day.

Reuters

Zelenskiy says peace with Russia means no compromises on sovereignty, territory

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday said that a "just peace" with Russia means no compromises on his country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, but questioned if there could be such a peace for parents who have lost their children.

The Independent UK

Analysis: Biden, Zelenskyy try to keep Congress from balking

Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s dramatic visit to Washington is a moment for the White House to demonstrate to Russia’s Vladimir Putin that the United States will sustain its commitment to the war for “as long as it takes.”

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