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The ear­ly gathe­ring of for­eign minis­ters from India, Japan and Aus­tra­lia could ease fears of an iso­la­tio­nist “Ame­ri­ca First” for­eign poli­cy.

The spea­k­er ele­va­ted a new, Trump-fri­end­ly chair and added a swath of like-min­ded new mem­bers to the panel.

The for­mer Fox News host fiel­ded ques­ti­ons about infi­de­li­ty, reli­gi­on and deal­ing with Donald Trump.

“How many sena­tors have shown up drunk to vote at night?” one Repu­bli­can sena­tor asked in sup­port of the Pen­ta­gon chief pick.

Expect the names to irri­ta­te the next occu­p­ant of the White House.

Repu­bli­can sena­tors are clo­sing ranks around his most con­tro­ver­si­al picks.

The tre­at­ment of Trump’s Pen­ta­gon pick will likely deter­mi­ne how other nomi­nees fare.

Cri­tics warn the trans­fer of a D.C. Natio­nal Guard unit puts the nation’s capi­tal in jeo­par­dy.

Here is what the pre­si­dent-elect can do with the auto­no­mous ter­ri­to­ry.

No count­ries have offe­red to take the lead after the Defen­se secre­ta­ry departs.

The depart­ment wants fede­ral jud­ges to rein­sta­te the Defen­se Secretary’s abili­ty to revo­ke the agree­ments.

The Green Beret was on lea­ve at the time of his death.

Law­ma­kers remo­ved some of the most con­tro­ver­si­al pro­vi­si­ons during nego­ta­ti­ons on a final bill.

Both pilots were reco­ver­ed ali­ve after ejec­ting from their stri­cken air­craft.

The Sena­te Armed Ser­vices Com­mit­tee usual­ly limits who can view the­se types of back­ground checks. Law­ma­kers want to see this one.

Bei­jing has added at least 100 nuclear war­heads to its arse­nal this year, accor­ding to the Pentagon’s annu­al report on China’s mili­ta­ry might.

Light­ly armed Kur­dish forces are guar­ding more than 9,000 Isla­mic Sta­te ter­ro­rists in Syria.

The Sena­te mino­ri­ty leader’s comm­ents, a rare rebu­ke of the pre­si­dent-elect, set up a poten­ti­al clash with the inco­ming admi­nis­tra­ti­on.

The for­eign poli­cy panel has ser­ved as a place whe­re Demo­crats and Repu­bli­cans find com­mon ground, but that could chan­ge under Bri­an Mast.

Agen­ci­es inves­ti­ga­ting the air­craft sightin­gs said that while they still don’t know whe­re the craft came from, they have no reason to belie­ve at this point that they pose any natio­nal secu­ri­ty or public safe­ty thre­at.

The Pen­ta­gon pick back­tra­cked after con­ver­sa­ti­ons with Repu­bli­can sena­tors seen as poten­ti­al swing votes.

The Defen­se Depart­ment has publicly rebu­ked Rep. Jeff Van Drew’s claims that dro­nes spot­ted in the sta­te come from an Ira­ni­an “mother­ship.”

The fight over medi­cal care for trans­gen­der child­ren overs­ha­dowed many of the bipar­ti­san pro­vi­si­ons in the Natio­nal Defen­se Aut­ho­riza­ti­on Act.

A handful of Sili­con Val­ley exe­cu­ti­ves could help trans­form the country’s lar­gest bureau­cra­cy — and bene­fit them­sel­ves while try­ing.

The wealt­hy Gulf Arab sta­te is in touch with rebel groups on the ground in Syria.

“The­re should be no doubt — we will not allow ISIS to recon­sti­tu­te,” a top gene­ral said.

A top Demo­crat now says he’s uncer­tain whe­ther he will vote for the poli­cy bill that he hel­ped craft.

The Iowa Repu­bli­can added that she’s “exci­ted” to sit down with the for­mer Fox News and vete­ran host next week.