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It's called the U.S.

Army Western Hemisphere Command.

During the ceremony marking its creation, its first commander, General Joseph Ryan, said building it the right way was crucial for the nation.

Creating the command is in line with the new national security strategy the White House released this week.

It says the United States will prioritize dominance in the security and economics of the Western Hemisphere.

For NPR News, I'm Jay Price at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, the familiar firebrand from Georgia.

She is a Republican representative in Congress and a fierce defender of the president.

In multiple interviews, she has called Trump misguided in fighting the release of the Epstein files.

And that, of course, has drawn Trump's ire.

In a long post on True Social last night, the president called Marjorie Taylor Greene, quote, wacky, unquote, and said he was withdrawing his support of her.

the Democrats say it's all about health care, premium subsidies for people on Obamacare, much higher bills are about to hit home for millions of Americans, and they live disproportionately in states that voted for Trump.

So there could be some rising tension there.

The Republicans in Congress say the Democrats just want to fight, and they say for their part, there's nothing to negotiate.

People are feeling it at airports, in farm country, wherever people do business with the government in any way or depend on it in any way.

Republicans had hoped those people would blame the Democrats and put pressure on them.

Some do and some have.

But polls show more people are blaming the president and his party.

So can there be an end in sight?

Yes, when both sides are willing to talk seriously about the coming cuts to health care.