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June 12, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
MTG Doubles Down on Unhinged Electric Vehicle Stance
Looks like Marjorie Taylor Greene is trying to make her latest conspiracy theory come true.
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 14, 2023
Tori Otten
Here Are the Democrats Who Helped Pass the “War on Woke” Defense Bill
Four Democrats joined Republicans to pass the radical bill targeting abortion, LGBTQ rights, and more.
July 14, 2023
Prem Thakker
Two Democrats Help Republicans Pass Vile Ban on Pride Flags in Military
Even three Republicans voted against the measure, and yet…
July 14, 2023
Tori Otten
Republicans Successfully Weaponize the Defense Bill for Their Culture Wars
Republicans have successfully used the defense bill to target abortion, diversity, and LGBTQ people.
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 8, 2022
Matt Ford
The Latest NDAA Has Sparked an Unexpected Debate Over Judicial Security and the First Amendment
The just-passed defense spending bill includes provisions designed to protect judges from violence. But legal journalists say these measures infringe on their rights.
December 7, 2022
Prem Thakker
Manchin’s Last-Ditch Attempt to Save His Pipeline Deal is Unlikely to Work
Senator Joe Manchin isn’t giving up on his fight for permitting reform, even after it was removed from the annual defense spending bill.
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.
December 9, 2021
Alex Shephard
Why Doesn’t the Pentagon Ever Get Asked, “But How Will You Pay for It?”
The press has relentlessly debated the costs of the Build Back Better Act. But the Defense Department is getting $768 billion for Christmas with nary a peep.
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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