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The Pentagon intends to load up on advanced missiles, space defense and modern jets in its largest defense request in decades in order to meet the threat it perceives from China

Leftwing Democrats say defense spending is far too high and query president’s request for more money for border security

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s $170 billion procurement request for the new fiscal year focuses on replacing munitions supplied to Ukraine as well as well as weapons like long-range missiles, which would be necessary in a conflict with China, according to an internal budget document.

Art freed our minds and helped us survive. It cannot be right to argue that, even now, the fruits of our creativity belong to the state, says Mansoor Adayfi, an artist and former Guantánamo prisoner