Archives for January 2023

To find cuts in America's massive military budget, some Republicans want the diet to start at the very top of the food chain. … [Read more...] about Brass bloat? Critics debate cutting number of U.S. generals, admirals

One of Sarah Huckabee Sanders' first acts as Arkansas governor was to ban most state agencies from using the gender-neutral term Latinx, tapping into a debate that's divided Hispanics along generational lines. … [Read more...] about Sanders’ Latinx ban wades into community’s generational rift

U.S. defense officials try to fend off criticism of a Western coalition that is taking increased fire for a reluctance to deploy its most advanced ground combat vehicles to the battlefield. … [Read more...] about Ukraine fumes as NATO members slow roll tank aid

The Drug Enforcement Administration closed out last year with a startling statistic: It seized over 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl in 2022, enough to kill every American, and its haul included twice the number of counterfeit pills that agents seized the prior year. … [Read more...] about Body count keeps growing in America’s fentanyl crisis as Washington grasps at solutions

Germany found itself under intense and growing pressure Sunday as the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz weighed whether to authorize the shipment of its coveted Leopard-2 tanks to Ukraine. … [Read more...] about Pressure grows on Germany on tanks to break Ukraine war stalemate