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WASHINGTON 鈥?President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the annual defense policy yeezy bill, following through on threats to veto a measure that has broad bipartisan support in Congress and potentially setting up the first override vote of his presidency.The bill affirms 3 percent pay raises for U.S. troops and authorizes more than $740 billion in military programs and construction.Trump has offered a series of rationales for vetoing the bill. He has called for lawmakers to include limits on social media companies he claimed are biased against him. He has called for stripping out language that allows for the renaming of military bases such as Fort Benning and Fort Hood that honor Confederate leaders. Without going into detail, he has claimed the biggest winner from the defense bill would be China.Both the House and Senate passed the measure by margins large enough to override a veto from the president. Trump had vetoed eight bills previously, but those vetoes were sustained because supporters did not gain the two-thirds vote needed in each chamber for the bill to become law without Trump signature.In advance of the veto, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, has said the bill would help deter Chinese aggression. Other GOP backers of the measure, including Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the second-ranking Senate leader, and Rep. Mike Gallagher of air force 1 Wisconsin, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, have tweeted that the bill would counter threa stanley espana ts from Qnwa Portland s high schools empty, as population ages and enrollment declines
The last day has been a big one for Bangors most famous resident. Theres a new TV series coming out based on one of his books, and he revealed the title and release date of his latest new literary work.Entertainment Weekly broke the news Wednesday evening that The Stand, Kings 1978 opus about a deadly plague that nearly destroys humanity, will be adapted into a 10-part miniseries for CBS All Access, the streaming platform that also broadcasts Star Trek: Discovery and The Good Fight. [Sub air force one scribe to our free morning newsletter and get the latest headlines in your inbox]Then, on Thursday morning, King posted on his website the title and release date for his newest novel, The Institute, described as a combination of It and Firestarter, about kids with paranormal powers, imprisoned in a facility that seeks to utilize their gifts to nefarious ends. The book is due out in September. The Stand, expected out sometime in 2020, will be developed by Josh Boone director of The Fault In Our Stars and the upcoming nike af The New Mutants and Ben Cavell, who have been developing the project for a number of years. The people involved are men and women who know exactly what theyre doing; the scripts are dynamite, King said. The result bids to be something memorable and thrilling. I believe it will take viewers away to a world they hope will never happen. [Stephen King explains why he chose to live in Bangor]Boone told Entertainment Weekly that he read The Stand under my b yeezy website ed when |
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