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The govt reopens — with $850 million bonus for military toys!

Lawmakers made sure to give extra padding for the controversial Sentinel nuke, B-21 bomber programs without batting an eye

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Military Industrial Complex

America First? For DC swamp, it's always 'War First'

These ideologues have been willing to sacrifice our citizens and sow chaos with their recycled experiments in regime change. Next stop: Venezuela.

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Military Industrial Complex

Spineless Congress outdoes itself on Caribbean strikes

This week in The Bunker: The House and Senate give up their power, the F-35 paperweight and the Pentagon war on the press

Rep. Adam Smith
Asia-Pacific

Lawmakers have an antidote for Washington's China panic

Rep. Adam Smith recently led a congressional delegation with a wild idea: Visiting Beijing and talking to Chinese leaders

Sanctions are strangling Syria’s new economy
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Sanctions are strangling Syria’s new economy

Our reporter details first hand how measures first designed to fight Assad now risk crippling his successor

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Big, Beautiful trillion dollar war budget!

House passes key policy bill, which could lead to historic defense spending, and for what?