The House on Wednesday advanced the National Defense Authorization Act for the next fiscal year, sending the massive defense policy bill to the Senate for final passage.

The House is poised to vote Wednesday on a $900 billion defense policy bill as both chambers race to pass it before the end of the year.

The AI Talent Act would establish hiring teams throughout the federal government focused on artificial intelligence talent.

The head of the NTSB is voicing strong opposition to provisions in the defense policy bill. The NTSB says the House bill would undermine safety improvements made after the mid-air collision near DCA.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted to pass a sweeping defense policy bill Wednesday that authorizes $900 billion in military programs, including a pay raise for troops and an overhaul of how the Department of Defense buys weapons.

It's more than a year since MPs first backed the proposed legislation but it still needs to be approved by peers.

The Senate could approve the measure in coming days, and lawmakers expressed confidence that President Donald Trump will sign it into law.

The decision is here: The Indiana Senate has rejected the mid-decade redistricting bill by a 19-31 vote. Sen. Mike Gaskill, R-Pendleton, is offering closing statements on the redistricting bill, meaning that a vote is imminent. Gaskill signaled he didn't know which way the vote would go.

The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board warned that a provision in the new defense bill would worsen the risk of midair collisions near the Washington-area airport where a deadly crash in January killed 67 people.

The Labour MP who introduced the UK assisted dying bill has criticised the “very slow” progress of the legislation through the House of Lords, amid broader concerns that parliament’s upper chamber is acting as a brake on the government’s agenda.

This is a tremendous visceral experience, with radiant colors, slate-somber black-and-white, and geysers of crimson blood.

Twenty Republicans crossed party lines to support legislation to unwind what opponents described as the largest act of “union busting” in U.S. history.