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Budget office: Senate health bill adds 22 million uninsured
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The Senate Republican health care bill would leave 22 million more Americans uninsured in 2026 than under President Barack Obama's health care law, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Monday.

A submarine-launched ballistic missile is displayed during a military parade in central Pyongyang, North Korea, April 15, 2017.<br>Zhu Longchuan/Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS

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Peter Mims poses for a photo after being frocked to the rank of petty officer third class during a ceremony aboard the USS Shiloh May 25.<br>Courtesy photo

‘Missing’ Shiloh sailor who launched three-day search now facing court-martial

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A Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, conducted a training flight from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni to Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, Japan, Monday, June 26, 2017.<br>Charles Plouffe/U.S. Marine Corp

F-35B stealth fighters make first appearance on Okinawa

Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft landed on Okinawa Monday, the first time the state-of-the-art stealth fighter has visited the strategically important Japanese island.

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People leave the Supreme Court on June 26, 2017, shortly after the travel ban verdict was delivered. <br>Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes

Supreme Court partly reinstates Trump's travel ban; fall arguments set

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to forge ahead with a limited version of his ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries to the U.S.

In a May 8, 2017 file photo, Brig. Gen. Roger Turner, center, commanding general of Task Force Southwest, speaks at a key leader engagement at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan.<br>Justin T. Updegraff/U.S. Marine Corps

Marines rekindling old Afghan relations in Helmand Province

In Afghanistan's turbulent Helmand province, U.S. Marines are rekindling old relationships and identifying weaknesses in the Afghan forces that the Trump administration hopes to address with a new strategy and the targeted infusion of several thousand American forces.

This Jan. 9, 2015 photo shows U.S. Navy Cmdr. David Morales, assigned to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea, during a tour of the a memorial in Pyeongtaek, Republic of Korea. The Navy has charged Morales with accepting gifts and sex with prostitutes from a Malaysian defense contractor. Prosecutors alleged at a preliminary hearing in Norfolk, Virginia, on Monday, June 26, 2017, that Morales accepted bottles of champagne, $5,000 meals and sex, and helped Singapore-based businessman Leonard Francis, nicknamed "Fat Leonard," secure lucrative contracts to service U.S. Navy ships in Asian ports.<br>Wendy Wyman/U.S. Navy photo via AP

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While he was stationed in Singapore, a U.S. Navy commander ate suckling pigs worth $400 apiece, attended a Gucci fashion show with his wife and enjoyed the services of prostitutes — all courtesy of a Malaysian defense contractor, Navy prosecutors alleged Monday.

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The Senate side of the U.S. Capitol.<br>Stars and Stripes

Budget office: Senate health bill adds 22 million uninsured

The Senate Republican health care bill would leave 22 million more Americans uninsured in 2026 than under President Barack Obama's health care law, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Monday.

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Security forces cordon off an area where construction workers discovered unexploded ordnance at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Monday, June 26, 2017.<br>Leon Cook/Stars and Stripes

Unexploded ordnance found at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo

Construction workers have unearthed unexploded ordnance at Yokota in western Tokyo in an area that houses the U.S. Forces Japan commander and other high-ranking officers, an Air Force statement said.

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British Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement on the European Council to members in the House of Commons, London, Monday June 26, 2017.<br>AP

Theresa May details post-Brexit plans for EU citizens in UK

British Prime Minister Theresa May tried Monday to reassure European Union citizens living in Britain that their lives and those of their family will not be disrupted when Britain leaves the EU in 2019.

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Federal policemen rest in a house used as a temporary base during fighting against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, June 26, 2017. Islamic State fighters launched a string of counterattacks in a western Mosul neighborhood that had recently been declared free of the militant group, setting off clashes that continued overnight, Iraqi officials said Monday.<br>Felipe Dana/AP

ISIS launches counterattacks in areas of Mosul considered liberated

Islamic State fighters launched a string of counterattacks in a western Mosul neighborhood that had recently been declared free of the militant group, setting off clashes that continued overnight, Iraqi officials said Monday.

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South Sudanese refugee James Malish, whose mother and sister recently died days apart, visits their graves on June 5, 2017, at Bidi Bidi, the world's largest refugee settlement, in northern Uganda. Refugees sheltering here are having to learn new ways of life and death, and when they die, their families face a dilemma: bury them without the traditional customs, or carry them home and face war again.<br>Ben Curtis/AP

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South Sudanese refugees grapple with honoring their dead

The cemetery for South Sudanese refugees lies between two streams that flood when the rains come, leaving debris scattered across the otherwise unmarked graves.

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The Senate side of the U.S. Capitol.<br>Stars and Stripes

Budget office: Senate health bill adds 22 million uninsured

The Senate Republican health care bill would leave 22 million more Americans uninsured in 2026 than under President Barack Obama's health care law, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Monday.

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Security forces cordon off an area where construction workers discovered unexploded ordnance at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Monday, June 26, 2017.<br>Leon Cook/Stars and Stripes

Unexploded ordnance found at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo

Construction workers have unearthed unexploded ordnance at Yokota in western Tokyo in an area that houses the U.S. Forces Japan commander and other high-ranking officers, an Air Force statement said.

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British Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement on the European Council to members in the House of Commons, London, Monday June 26, 2017.<br>AP

Theresa May details post-Brexit plans for EU citizens in UK

British Prime Minister Theresa May tried Monday to reassure European Union citizens living in Britain that their lives and those of their family will not be disrupted when Britain leaves the EU in 2019.

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Federal policemen rest in a house used as a temporary base during fighting against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, June 26, 2017. Islamic State fighters launched a string of counterattacks in a western Mosul neighborhood that had recently been declared free of the militant group, setting off clashes that continued overnight, Iraqi officials said Monday.<br>Felipe Dana/AP

ISIS launches counterattacks in areas of Mosul considered liberated

Islamic State fighters launched a string of counterattacks in a western Mosul neighborhood that had recently been declared free of the militant group, setting off clashes that continued overnight, Iraqi officials said Monday.

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South Sudanese refugee James Malish, whose mother and sister recently died days apart, visits their graves on June 5, 2017, at Bidi Bidi, the world's largest refugee settlement, in northern Uganda. Refugees sheltering here are having to learn new ways of life and death, and when they die, their families face a dilemma: bury them without the traditional customs, or carry them home and face war again.<br>Ben Curtis/AP

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South Sudanese refugees grapple with honoring their dead

The cemetery for South Sudanese refugees lies between two streams that flood when the rains come, leaving debris scattered across the otherwise unmarked graves.

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Army veteran Jenni Heisz hikes through a corn field on the Ice Age Trail as a part of the Warrior Hike Program on Thursday, July 16, 2015, in West Bend, Wis. <br>Katie Klann/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/TNS

Virginia-native hiking to raise funds for veterans

Kasie Taylor is hiking the North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail to raise money for Warrior Expeditions — which promotes effects of long-distance outdoor expeditions to help combat veterans transition back into civilian life.

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This Jan. 9, 2015 photo shows U.S. Navy Cmdr. David Morales, assigned to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea, during a tour of the a memorial in Pyeongtaek, Republic of Korea. The Navy has charged Morales with accepting gifts and sex with prostitutes from a Malaysian defense contractor. Prosecutors alleged at a preliminary hearing in Norfolk, Virginia, on Monday, June 26, 2017, that Morales accepted bottles of champagne, $5,000 meals and sex, and helped Singapore-based businessman Leonard Francis, nicknamed "Fat Leonard," secure lucrative contracts to service U.S. Navy ships in Asian ports.<br>Wendy Wyman/U.S. Navy photo via AP

First military case in 'Fat Leonard' Navy bribery scandal begins

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A fixed wing aircraft mechanic assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 conducts maintenance on an F/A-18C Hornet during Red Flag-Alaska 17-2 on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 14, 2017. <br>Koby I. Saunders/ U.S. Marine Corps

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This Jan. 9, 2015 photo shows U.S. Navy Cmdr. David Morales, assigned to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea, during a tour of the a memorial in Pyeongtaek, Republic of Korea. The Navy has charged Morales with accepting gifts and sex with prostitutes from a Malaysian defense contractor. Prosecutors alleged at a preliminary hearing in Norfolk, Virginia, on Monday, June 26, 2017, that Morales accepted bottles of champagne, $5,000 meals and sex, and helped Singapore-based businessman Leonard Francis, nicknamed "Fat Leonard," secure lucrative contracts to service U.S. Navy ships in Asian ports.<br>Wendy Wyman/U.S. Navy photo via AP

First military case in 'Fat Leonard' Navy bribery scandal begins

While he was stationed in Singapore, a U.S. Navy commander ate suckling pigs worth $400 apiece, attended a Gucci fashion show with his wife and enjoyed the services of prostitutes — all courtesy of a Malaysian defense contractor, Navy prosecutors alleged Monday.

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A long row of trucks sit along a road at Coleman Barracks in Mannheim, Germany, as part of the U.S. Army's prepositioned stocks operation. The tan vehicles will be painted woodland green by the 405th Army Field Support Brigade, who oversee the operations at Coleman.<br>Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes

Rows of equipment lined up at Coleman Barracks to reassure allies

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Twenty-three-year-old Arnold Palmer in the United States Coast Guard in 1953.<br>U.S. Coast Guard historical photo

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