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House narrowly backs allowing troops, Pentagon workers to carry personal guns on military bases
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The House voted 215-214 Tuesday night to make approval the default when qualified service members and Pentagon civilian employees ask commanders for permission to carry personal firearms on military installations.
Three Democrats joined most Republicans to approve the measure, while three Republicans and independent Rep. Kevin Kiley of California opposed it.
The amendment from Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., would not automatically authorize personnel to carry firearms on military property. It would establish a presumption that installation commanders approve requests from qualified service members and civilian employees.
The vote came less than a year after an Army sergeant allegedly used a personal handgun to shoot five fellow soldiers at Fort Stewart, Georgia, in August 2025. Other soldiers tackled and disarmed him, and all five victims survived. Personal firearms were prohibited on post at the time, military officials said.
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A picture of an entrance to Fort Bragg in North Carolina. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)
The National Defense Authorization Act has become law every year for more than six decades and is traditionally one of Congress’ most bipartisan major bills, but the firearms and transgender-policy provisions adopted Tuesday threatened to erode Democratic support, potentially forcing Republican leaders to rely on their narrow majority for final passage and creating new sticking points in eventual negotiations with the Senate.
Lawmakers approved an amendment from Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., prohibiting TRICARE from covering transition-related hormones, puberty blockers and surgeries for service members and military dependents.
The provision passed 219-208, with five Democrats voting yes and one Republican voting no. It would broaden existing Trump administration restrictions and write the prohibition into federal law.
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The House also voted 221-203 to approve a second Mace amendment barring transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports at Department of Defense Education Activity schools serving military families.
But lawmakers rejected a separate amendment from Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., that would have codified President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order barring transgender troops from military service and requiring personnel to serve according to their biological sex.
The amendment failed 217-212, with four Republicans joining all voting Democrats in opposition.
Lawmakers also rejected an effort from Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., to largely eliminate funding for the Pentagon’s Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. The amendment would have permitted funding only for security at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv.
Seventy-six Republicans supported the proposal, highlighting continued opposition within the GOP conference to military assistance for Ukraine.
The House rejected another proposal that would have barred foreign nationals from attending U.S. military academies in a 360-61 vote. The amendment would have ended longstanding programs that train officers from allied and partner nations at institutions including West Point, the Naval Academy and the Air Force Academy.
Among other amendments, lawmakers voted to eliminate a proposed pilot program that would have used voice-based risk-assessment technology to identify service members for drug testing.
Members of the Texas National Guard assemble in Elwood, Illinois, at the Army Reserve Training Center in the southwest suburb of Chicago, on Oct. 7. 2025. (Getty Images)
The House also narrowly approved language intended to ensure the continued operation of California’s Santa Ynez Pipeline System, which transports crude oil to refineries supplying military installations. That measure passed 215-214.
The votes came as lawmakers began working through amendments to the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act. The House made 320 amendments eligible for consideration, eight more than were included in the procedural package that collapsed last month amid a Republican revolt over the SAVE America Act.
Amendment debate is expected to resume Wednesday, with a vote on final passage after lawmakers finish considering the remaining proposals.
The underlying bill would authorize roughly $1.15 trillion for national defense, about $252 billion more than Congress appropriated for defense programs in fiscal year 2026. It would provide pay raises ranging from 5% to 7% for service members, expand weapons and munitions production and accelerate investment in missile defense, autonomous systems, hypersonics and other emerging technologies.
The NDAA sets defense policy and authorizes spending levels, but it does not provide the money itself. Congress must separately pass defense appropriations legislation to fund the programs and priorities included in the bill.
The legislation would also formally change the Department of Defense’s name to the Department of War, deeming references to the defense secretary and department in federal law to mean the secretary and Department of War.
Consideration of the legislation had been delayed for three weeks by a separate Republican fight over the SAVE America Act, Trump’s election legislation requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and identification to cast a ballot in federal elections.
The House approved the SAVE America Act in February by a 218-213 vote, but the measure stalled in the Senate, where Republicans lacked the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster.
Republican leaders initially sought to revive the election legislation by directing the House clerk to merge it with the NDAA after the defense bill passed but before the combined package was sent to the Senate. That approach would transmit the two measures as a single bill without making the SAVE America Act part of the NDAA text debated on the floor.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., addresses the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol after winning the speakership on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
But the procedural rule authorizing that plan failed 198-224 on June 30, when 13 Republican holdouts joined Democrats in opposition. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., also voted against the rule for procedural reasons.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., argued that attaching the election measure through the procedural maneuver would make it easier for the Senate to remove and demanded that lawmakers add it directly to the NDAA.
Luna later accepted the original approach after Speaker Mike Johnson committed to attaching the SAVE America Act to appropriations and other must-pass legislation.
The House approved a replacement rule Tuesday that again directed the clerk to merge the election legislation with the NDAA before sending it to the Senate while expanding the number of defense amendments eligible for consideration from 312 to 320.
The SAVE America Act was still expected to face opposition in the Senate and could be removed when lawmakers reconcile the House and Senate versions of the defense bill.
The Senate’s NDAA has faced problems of its own. Senate Democrats blocked consideration of their chamber’s defense bill last week in protest of the Trump administration’s war with Iran, leaving both chambers with work to do before they can negotiate a final package.
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The debate comes as the Pentagon seeks additional money to cover the Iran war and replenish weapons stockpiles. The White House has requested an $87.6 billion supplemental package, including $67.1 billion for defense needs.
House Republicans are also considering a new reconciliation package that could provide $60 billion through the Armed Services Committee and $13 billion for intelligence programs. Reconciliation would allow the package to bypass a Senate filibuster and pass without Democratic support, but the proposal still faces resistance from GOP fiscal hawks and an uncertain path through Congress.
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State of play: Dems battle for shot at crucial Arizona House seat amid GOP’s razor thin majority
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RNC senior advisor Danielle Alvarez highlights the growing influence of Democratic Socialists in primaries, citing the Arizona House 4 race where incumbent Greg Stanton faces Kai Newkirk. Alvarez criticizes Newkirk’s platform, including abolishing ICE, and points to the DSA’s surging membership as a «disaster» for mainstream Democrats and the nation.
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Two Democratic candidates remained locked in a battle as of early Wednesday morning to claim their party’s nomination in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District for a chance to face former NFL kicker Jay Feely.
Former television news anchor Marlene Galán-Woods and former state Rep. Amish Shah, the two frontrunners, fell shy of capturing enough of the vote to win the nomination outright by early Wednesday morning.
The winner of the primary will go on to have a rare opportunity to flip a seat in the Canyon State and, more broadly, potentially decide the balance of power in Washington, D.C. Feely, who received President Donald Trump’s «complete and total endorsement» in the final stretch of the race, won his GOP primary late Tuesday night.
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Republican Rep. David Schweikert has repeatedly fended off well-funded Democratic challengers in Arizona’s competitive 1st Congressional District, winning reelection in 2024 (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
The seat could very well decide whether Republicans hold on to a slim majority in the House of Representatives or whether Democrats break a Republican governing trifecta come the November midterms.
Although the district has favored Republicans since 2020, incumbent Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., has only narrowly hung on to the seat in the past two cycles, beating out Shah in a 51.9% to 48.1% victory in 2024.
Schweikert announced that he would not pursue reelection last year, announcing that he would instead pursue a gubernatorial bid. Trump-backed Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., won his primary and was ahead of Schweikert by over 50 points early Wednesday.
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The 2026 midterms will determine control of the House and Senate, shaping President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda during the final two years of his term. (Al Drago/Getty Images)
«I’ve grown to believe Washington is unsavable. I do believe Arizona is savable,» Schweikert told Axios.
This isn’t the first time Amish Shah and Marlene Galán-Woods have competed against each other for their party’s nomination, having clashed in the Democratic 2024 primary for the district.
At that time, Shah narrowly defeated Galán-Woods before advancing to the 2024 general election, where he lost to Republican Rep. David Schweikert, who has represented the Phoenix-area seat since 2013 despite Democrats investing heavily to flip the district blue.
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He is seeking a second consecutive nomination after arguing he remains the strongest candidate to challenge Feely in the general election. Galán-Woods, meanwhile, is expected to emphasize her background as a longtime Arizona television journalist and her ability to appeal to independent and suburban voters.
Former Arizona state Rep. Amish Shah, an emergency room physician who was the Democratic nominee in the district in 2024, is seeking another chance to flip the seat after narrowly losing to Republican David Schweikert in the general election. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images)
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Galán-Woods is making another bid for the nomination with support from several national Democratic organizations, which view Arizona’s 1st District as one of the party’s best pickup opportunities in 2026.
The winner will go on to the general election on Nov. 3.
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Guerra en Medio Oriente: el petróleo superó los USD 92 por barril y alcanzó su nivel más alto desde junio
El precio del petróleo volvió a superar los USD 92 por barril este miércoles, impulsado por la escalada militar entre Estados Unidos e Irán, mientras los mercados financieros siguieron de cerca la evolución del conflicto en Medio Oriente.
El Brent del Mar del Norte subió alrededor de un 1,2% hasta USD 92,09 por barril, su nivel intradiario más alto desde el 11 de junio, después de que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, advirtiera que Washington “no terminó” con sus ataques contra Irán. En paralelo, el West Texas Intermediate (WTI) avanzó un 1% y cotizó en USD 85,19.
La suba del petróleo respondió a la persistencia de la incertidumbre sobre el suministro energético mundial. El ejército estadounidense informó que completó una undécima noche consecutiva de bombardeos con el objetivo de “degradar aún más la capacidad de Irán para amenazar el transporte marítimo comercial en el estrecho de Ormuz”, una de las principales rutas para las exportaciones mundiales de crudo.
Trump también elevó el tono contra los rebeldes hutíes de Yemen, aliados de Irán. El mandatario afirmó que “se ocupará de” ese grupo si concreta la amenaza de bloquear los puertos sauditas, un escenario que los inversores consideran un riesgo adicional para el comercio internacional de petróleo.
Los analistas advirtieron que una interrupción efectiva de las rutas marítimas podría provocar un nuevo salto de los precios. Jay Hatfield, de Infrastructure Capital Management, sostuvo que “nuestra visión es que estaremos en un rango de entre 80 y 90 dólares, dependiendo del flujo de noticias”. Sin embargo, agregó que “si realmente tenemos un Mar Rojo cerrado, eso representa una amenaza. Todavía no lo vimos. Eso podría llevarnos por encima de los 100 dólares”.
Mientras el mercado energético permaneció atento a las noticias provenientes de Medio Oriente, las bolsas asiáticas registraron una segunda jornada consecutiva de ganancias impulsadas por el sector tecnológico.
Las acciones tecnológicas recuperaron parte del terreno perdido después de varias semanas de volatilidad vinculada a las expectativas sobre la inteligencia artificial. Los inversores buscaron oportunidades tras las ganancias registradas el martes en el índice Nasdaq de Wall Street.
En Tokio, el índice Nikkei 225 avanzó 1,9% hasta los 67.511,13 puntos, mientras que el mercado de Seúl, con fuerte presencia de empresas de semiconductores, saltó 5,4%. En contraste, el índice Hang Seng de Hong Kong retrocedió 0,9%, mientras que la bolsa de Shanghái ganó 0,4%.
Los operadores también aguardaron los balances trimestrales de algunas de las principales compañías tecnológicas de Estados Unidos. Los resultados de Tesla y de Alphabet, la empresa matriz de Google, se conocieron más tarde, mientras que la próxima semana publicarán sus cuentas Microsoft, Meta, Apple y Amazon.
El comportamiento del sector tecnológico reflejó un cambio parcial en el ánimo de los mercados, después de las dudas sobre las valuaciones de las empresas vinculadas con la inteligencia artificial.
En el mercado cambiario, el yen japonés volvió a debilitarse frente al dólar después de caer por debajo de las 163 unidades por dólar, su nivel más bajo desde 1986. Los operadores atribuyeron parte de esa presión al encarecimiento del petróleo, un factor que afecta especialmente a Japón por su elevada dependencia de las importaciones de energía.
Al mismo tiempo, el euro cotizó en USD 1,1407, la libra esterlina se ubicó en USD 1,3386 y la relación entre ambas monedas permaneció prácticamente sin cambios.
(Con información de AFP)
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Italian authorities seized roughly 1,700 pounds of cocaine hidden among pallets of bananas at a major port, officials said Tuesday.
The drugs were divided into 650 packages and «skillfully concealed» inside a refrigerated shipping container that arrived at the port of Vado Ligure from one of Ecuador’s main ports, according to Italy’s Guardia di Finanza.
A field test conducted during the inspection determined the substance was «extremely pure cocaine,» officials said.
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The drugs were divided into 650 packages and «skillfully concealed» inside a refrigerated shipping container. (Italy Border Police / AP)
Authorities said the bust was one of the largest anti-drug operations carried out at the port in recent years.
The shipment could have generated an estimated 250 million euros, or nearly $290 million, if it had reached the street market.
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Authorities said the bust was one of the largest anti-drug operations carried out at the port in recent years. (Italy Border Police / AP)
The seizure followed an extensive analysis of commercial shipping routes linking South America with Vado Ligure, an important gateway for goods entering Europe — and an «attractive» target for international drug traffickers, according to officials.
«The operation forms part of an ongoing and targeted effort to combat the international trafficking of narcotics, including efforts to protect the most vulnerable segments of the population, who are often exposed to the harmful effects of this type of criminal activity,» Guardia di Finanza said.
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The shipment could have generated an estimated 250 million euros, or roughly $290 million, if it had reached the street market. (Italy Border Police / AP)
The seizure comes weeks after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine hidden in a commercial tractor-trailer carrying cabbage at the Pharr Port of Entry in Texas.
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A canine inspection and nonintrusive imaging scan alerted officers to the concealed load, CBP said. A physical search of the trailer uncovered 477 packages containing 1,173 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of nearly $10.8 million.
Fox News Digital’s Leo Briceno contributed to this report.
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