Iran's military spokesman says there is no confrontation between Tehran and neighboring countries.

House Republican leaders on Wednesday released a $95 billion GOP-led appropriations framework they hope to pass by late summer. Budget Committee chairman Jodey Arrington has scheduled committee markup for Thursday morning. The package would use the reconciliation procedure to bypass a Senate filibuster and earmarks about $73 billion for military and intelligence, $12 billion for farm aid and $10 billion for state election grants and other measures to enforce stricter voter ID laws. The measure faces uncertainty even if it clears committee: committee fiscal hawks demand offsetting cuts to neutralize added deficit impact, but the framework says the likelihood of securing those offsets is low, raising the prospect of unfinanced spending and intra-party dissent.

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