AUKUS was announced two years ago. Now Congress must pass several bills to make the pact work, from export controls to submarine transfer authorities.
A bipartisan group of senators seeks to boost defense spending beyond the debt ceiling cap amid resistance from House Republicans.
The former Norwegian prime minister has been NATO’s top civilian official since 2014.
NATO members have reached a tentative agreement to ask Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to remain head of the alliance for another year.
