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August 23, 2023
Grace Segers
The GOP War on Wokeness Could Shut Down the Government
Partisan procedural brinkmanship is back, thanks to the House Freedom Caucus’s crusade against military policy.
July 27, 2023
Grace Segers
Time Is Running Out for Congress to Help Our Afghan Allies
A bipartisan group of senators are pushing to include the Afghan Adjustment Act in the annual defense authorization bill—but some formidable political obstacles remain.
July 19, 2023
Grace Segers
Republicans Bring Their War on Transgender Americans to the Pentagon
The anti-trans amendments in the House defense bill are the latest shot in the GOP’s 2024 campaign.
July 13, 2023
Robert Schlesinger
Far-Right Republicans’ Radical, Bigoted Attack on the Defense Bill
Even the military isn’t safe from the GOP’s war on wokeness.
December 14, 2021
Jason Colavito
Congress Is About to Send the Pentagon on a Wild Flying-Saucer Chase
The long lobbying campaign of a handful of UFO obsessives and crank pseudoscientists is finally paying off.
November 16, 2021
Grace Segers
No War, No Problem: Senate Prepares to Shovel Another Pile of Money at the Pentagon
With Build Back Better on ice, the upper body is moving forward with its regular round of defense spending.
September 1, 2021
Grace Segers
Washington’s Addiction to Defense Spending Will Outlast Afghanistan
The House Armed Services Committee is marking up the latest NDAA, which will be packed with more than $700 billion in new spending.

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