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Sen. Dan Sullivan was one of four senators who pressured Sen. Tommy Tuberville on the Senate floor to lift the blockade.

Ukrainian officials Andriy Yermak and Yulia Svyrydenko spent three days meeting with United States officials and think tanks. They were not arrested.

Today, the U.S. Marine Corps marks its 248th birthday.

The Defense Department policy that has caused Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R- Ala., to hold up more than 350 military promotions since mid-February costs only $1 million a year, according to an analysis published Friday in a medical journal.

Anger over Sen. Tommy Tuberville's blockade of high-ranking military promotions may have hit a boiling point as a handful of fellow Republicans began to publicly pressure the former football coach to spike his nine-month-long stunt.

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith is making "excellent progress" in his recovery following a heart attack on Sunday.

WASHINGTON — Anger over Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s blockade of high-ranking military promotions may have hit a boiling point this week, as a handful of fellow Republicans began to publicly pressure

WASHINGTON — Anger over Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s blockade of high-ranking military promotions may have hit a boiling point this week, as a handful of fellow Republicans began to publicly pressure

Sen. Tommy Tuberville is forcing a vote to confirm Lt. Gen. Christopher Mahoney to the Marines' No. 2 role while the branch's top officer remains hospitalized.

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith is in stable condition at a hospital in Washington D.C, after suffering an apparent heart attack, the Marine Corps said.