Lawmakers are sparring over proposed changes to a fund covering the costs of veterans' toxic exposure benefits.
With the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy approaching in June, some of the actors decided they would commemorate the D-Day landings by training at Camp Toccoa and then jumping into the Cotentin Peninsula.
Congress has passed an $825 billion FY24 defense spending bill, but the plan to get Ukraine military assistance across the finish line remains uncertain.
Two Blackhawk helicopters dropped water from buckets on the fires.
In the video, three pigs can be seen being released from the helo onto the flight deck of the Kennedy, as bewildered sailors give chase.
It took lawmakers six months into the current budget year to get near the finish line on government funding.