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Republicans turn on Tommy Tuberville

“The idea that one man in the Senate can hold this up for months ... is paralyzing the Department of Defense"

Salon

Fall session is all about spending, NDAA fights — and McCarthy’s ‘Hobson’s choices’ - Roll Call

Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces fights with his most conservative members over federal spending and military policy during the fall session.

Roll Call

Military and GOP officials blast Tommy Tuberville’s ‘corrosive’ and ‘paralyzing’ blockade

The Alabama’s unprecedented hold in protest of abortion policies is blocking more than 300 military positions

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House committee chairman says Sen. Tuberville is 'paralyzing' the Pentagon by blocking promotions

The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is slamming a fellow Republican in the Senate for waging an unprecedented attempt to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions

The Independent UK

Why is a football coach-turned-senator blocking US military promotions – and what does it have to do with abortion?

In his stand against abortion access, the freshman senator from Alabama has caused a backlog of more than 300 military promotions, writes Eric Garcia

The Independent UK

Republicans pick MAGA over the military

Republicans are simply too impotent to stop Tuberville's attacks on the military. MAGA is their only loyalty now

Salon

Scarborough slams "idiot" Tuberville

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough slammed the Alabama senator for saying he didn't know what the Pentagon does every day

Salon

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Hundreds of military promotions are on hold as Republican senator demands end to abortion policy

Top military officials are voicing their concerns that national security is being harmed by an impasse that has stalled more than 300 top military promotions

The Independent UK

Navy secretary slams GOP Sen. Tuberville

Tuberville's eight month blockade over Pentagon abortion policy is hurting officers, military leaders told CNN

Salon

McConnell tries to reassure colleagues about his health, vows to serve out term as Senate GOP leader

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell declared again that he plans to finish his term as leader despite freezing up twice at news conferences over the summer, brushing off questions about his health as he sought to reassure colleagues he’s still up to the job

The Independent UK

Democrats eye workarounds to Tuberville blockade - Roll Call

Frustration builds in Senate as hundreds of senior military promotions remain in limbo over opposition to Pentagon's abortion policy

Roll Call

Tuberville blasted over military "hold"

Secretaries of Army, Navy and Air Force take on Alabama anti-choice senator over military showdown

Salon

Up First briefing: Florida evacuations; summer COVID wave; how to beat jet lag

Florida residents brace for Hurricane Idalia, which is expected to become a hurricane before landfall. COVID cases are rising in the U.S. The NPR international desk's best tips for beating jet lag.

WEKU

Tuberville's hold on military promotions may put 650 officers in limbo by year's end

Hundreds of nominees for military positions have been stalled as Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., protests Pentagon abortion policy, and that total could swell to 650, the Pentagon says.

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Roll Call

At the Races: Inflation confrontation - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

The Conversation

Tommy Tuberville reportedly doesn't live in Alabama − should he still be its senator?

Alabama GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville has come under scrutiny following reports that he recently sold the last remaining properties he owns in the state that he represents in the U.S. Senate. Instead, Tuberville appears to live almost full time at his beach house in the Florida panhandle.

The Independent UK

Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville no longer owns property in the state he represents, report says

Property records show that the senator has owned a home in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, for two decades

The Guardian - US

Republican senator will ‘burn the military down’ over abortion policy, says Democrat

Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut says the Senate needs to change rules to sidestep Tommy Tuberville’s block on promotions

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The Independent UK

GOP senator holding up military promotions claims Ukraine ‘can’t win’ in war with Russia

Tommy Tuberville says ‘it’s a junior high team playing a college team’

The Independent UK

Trump, in fiery speech in Alabama, boasts he needs 'one more indictment to close out this election'

Former President Donald Trump has delivered a speech full of defiance and bluster just a day after his third appearance in court as a criminal defendant

WEKU

These military spouses are fighting one senator's hold on military promotions

Sen. Tommy Tuberville's disagreement with a Pentagon policy on abortion is upheaving life plans for hundreds of military families. Now those families are petitioning Senate leaders to intervene.

The Independent UK

Pentagon warns of disruptions as Army, Marines both lack confirmed leaders for first time

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is warning that troop readiness and retention is at risk as the Army’s chief recently stepped down, leaving the military’s two ground combat forces without Senate-confirmed leaders for the first time in history

Roll Call

Big shoes filled as Senate appropriators spread earmarks wealth - Roll Call

The retirement of several titans of congressional appropriating hasn't slowed down the Senate's appetite for earmarks.

The Independent UK

Biden rejects Trump decision to move Space Command from Colorado to Alabama

Decision comes amid Alabama senator blocking military promotions in response to Pentagon’s abortion policy

Roll Call

Space Command stays in Colorado, infuriating Alabama delegation - Roll Call

The Biden administration has reversed a Trump-era decision to move the U.S. Space Command headquarters to Alabama.

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