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The Firing Line

The national security threats behind today's headlines, decoded for citizens who need to understand what's coming and what they can do about it.

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The Firing Line

The national security threats behind today's headlines, decoded for citizens who need to understand what's coming and what they can do about it.

Series: National Threats and Citizen Harms

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  1. The Iran Fund Is Not a Check. It Is a Leverage Transfer.
    The real question is whether America is being asked to spend something else: sanctions power, Gulf security, market stability, and nuclear leverage.
    3 hrs ago

  2. Trump Found a Quieter Way to Defy Congress: Don’t Spend the Money
    Congress ordered global health and humanitarian aid to be spent. The Trump administration is delaying, labeling, and controlling the funds until time…
    Jun 23

  3. ICE Just Lowered the Floor Under a $70 Billion Detention Buildout
    The new money expands the machine. The new standards ease pressure on the operators. The people inside, and the families outside, are left carrying the…
    Jun 22

  4. Trump Got a Ceasefire. Iran Got Leverage.
    The 14-point U.S.-Iran memorandum may calm oil markets for now, but it also shows how a war sold as coercion ended with Washington negotiating under…
    Jun 19

  5. How Hot? The Climate Bill Is Being Sent to the Household
    With FEMA in distress, more climate risk pushed down to states, counties, and families
    Jun 18

  6. The Guardrail Cut: ICE Got the Money, Then Lowered the Standards
    After Trump locked in nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement, ICE rewrote detention rules to ease contractor pressure and make the expanding…
    Jun 17