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McConnell leads 4 GOP senators in calling for Trump to release Taiwan arms funding
Sen. Mich McConnell (R-Ky.) and three other Republican senators are calling on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to release billions of dollars in stalled national security assistance for Taiwan, reminding the senior Cabinet officials of their past statements in su
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All three outlets frame the story as a Republican senator’s push for scrutiny of Donald Trump Jr., and CBS News and NBC News both pair Trump Jr. with Hunter Biden in the proposed inquiry. CBS News specifically says John Curtis asked a Senate committee to subpoena both men, while NBC News emphasizes a call for investigation tied to a reported Russian oligarch payment; Al Jazeera alone highlights Curtis’s letter as a rare move by a member of the president’s own party.
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