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VIEWPOINT 1: Bipartisanship is alive and well, but that’s not necessarily a good thing

Old habits die hard, as the saying goes. But myths and legends do, too, as Hunter S. Thompson famously said.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2023

Sailor says swarm of UFOs buzzed around US Navy warship in way no human craft could

The witness, who spoke under anonymity to UFO researchers Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp for their new podcast Weaponized, was aboard the USS Paul Hamilton

Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2023

EXPLAINER: Why the US flipped on sending tanks to Ukraine

U.S. officials balked for months at sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, insisting they were too complicated and too hard to maintain and repair

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

Gen. Mark Milley's Wrongful Jan. 6 Overclassification

The Jan. 6 Committee uncovers a different kind of official norm-breaking

Reason · Jan 23, 2023

A Connecticut veteran is evacuating Afghanistan refugees more than year after headlines faded away

HARTFORD, Conn. — Alex Plitsas never gives up.

Tribune News Service · Jan 23, 2023

How the US far right and progressives ended up agreeing on military spending cuts

Progressives and ‘America first’ Republicans in Congress both want to re-examine US military budget – but for vastly different reasons

The Guardian - US · Jan 23, 2023

Tariffs Targeting Carbon Emissions Would Be a Costly Blow to Free Trade

Joe Biden could take advantage of the expanded executive authority over trade that Donald Trump helped create.

Reason · Jan 20, 2023

Two fiscal brawls ahead - Roll Call

Both parties have raised the stakes in a battle over lifting the statutory debt limit. And House Republicans are promising big spending cuts while they try to protect the Pentagon’s budget. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson, Paul M. Krawzak and Caroline Coudriet outline the biggest fiscal challenges of…

Roll Call · Jan 20, 2023

As the war rages on and military spending booms, the US arms industry is a big winner in Ukraine

Ukraine continues to need American weapons to hold out against Russia, and now a global military spending boom is set to further benefit the US arms industry. There are accusations of "profiteering", but is there any alternative?

ABC News · Jan 20, 2023

Defense leaders meet amid dissent over tanks for Ukraine

Defense leaders are gathering at Ramstein Air Base in Germany Friday to hammer out future military aid to Ukraine, amid ongoing dissent over who will provide the battle tanks that Ukrainian leaders say they desperately need for future offensives in the war with Russia

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023