Tommy Tuberville moves the goalposts on his military blockade, signaling he's tired of running defense for his unprecedented move

• Sen. Tommy Tuberville signaled that he's ready to end his blanket blockade of military promotions.
• His move came as senators, including Republicans, were ready to change the rules to stop him.
• Tuberville said he will now block just "woke" officers.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Thursday signaled that he is done running defense on his blanket move to block all military promotions, an unprecedented position that some of his Republican colleagues were turning against.

Tuberville told reporters that next week he will move to blocking just "woke" officers, likely releasing his hold on many of the more than 400 promotions in retaliation for a Biden administration policy that allows servicemembers to take leave to obtain an abortion.