Tag: USA

Mike Griffin critical of U.S. response to China’s advances in hypersonic weapons (Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews)

China’s successful demonstration of a hypersonic glide vehicle — a weapon that is boosted to space, orbits the Earth and reenters the atmosphere before it strikes...
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NASA inspector general warns of space station gap (Jeff Foust, SpaceNews)

Concerns about the long-term viability of some existing International Space Station modules and the potential of delays in development of commercial space stations heighten...
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SpaceX grapples with Raptor production problems (Jeff Foust, SpaceNews)

Problems increasing production of the Raptor engines that power SpaceX’s Starship vehicle have led to personnel shakeups at the company and a warning from...
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2022 Artemis Mission Debuts America’s Powerful New Launch Capability (Boeing, Space News)

In the coming months, NASA will launch the first Artemis mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. This milestone not only puts the United States...
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With defense bill stalled, will lawmakers ‘ping pong’ it home? (Joe Gould and Leo Shane III, Defense News)

With hope of a normal legislative process almost gone, lawmakers are dusting off a nearly decade-old congressional playbook in the hopes of finding a...
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US Navy, Marines look for training systems with accurate adversaries, ability to track individual performance (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

As the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps reshape themselves to defeat sophisticated adversaries around the globe, the heads of the sea services say...
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White House taps former Air Force official to run Pentagon acquisition (Stephen Losey, Defense News)

The Biden administration has tapped the Air Force’s former acquisition chief to be the next top weapons buyer for the Pentagon. William LaPlante, the president...
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Freight cost between China, US likely to hit new high amid Omicron breakout (Global Times)

The unknowns of the new Omicron variant could exacerbate the US port logjam and push freight costs from China to the US' West Coast...
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Ukraine to pay a price for targeting Chinese firm at US’ behest (Global Times)

Some Chinese investors are no longer willing to put up with Ukraine's politicization of commercial projects and have moved to take legal actions, after...
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US’ political coercion in chip industry poses a global threat (Wang Yi, Global Times)

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Monday urged the House of Representatives to immediately pass the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America...
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American businesses asked to bring China-US cooperation closer: Vice Foreign Minister (Global Times)

China's Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng urged American companies to further promote Sino-US cooperation and push the US government to stop reckless trade and...
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Taliban urges US to release frozen funds in Doha talks (Arab News)

Taliban government leader Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund is among those targeted by the US sanctions Taliban urges US to release frozen funds in Doha...
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The ‘real’ economic advantage of investing in families this holiday season (Hailey M. Gibbs, Margaret Burchinal, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Brookings)

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report released earlier this month offers a clear picture of the costs of the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) to America....
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Trump’s judicial campaign to upend the 2020 election: A failure, but not a wipe-out (Russell Wheeler, Brookings)

One sign of a healthy democracy is a judiciary that applies the law independently, even in cases involving powerful partisan interests. When President Donald...
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The American Rescue Plan opportunity is knocking for local governments. Will they answer? (Brad Whitehead, Isaac Velez, and Eli Byerly-Duke, Brookings)

Love it or hate it, one cannot deny the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the potential additional federal legislation to follow represent a generational opportunity to...
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Despite the pandemic narrative, Americans are moving at historically low rates (William H. Frey, Brookings)

New Census Bureau data released this month shows that despite the attention given to COVID-related migration out of cities, college towns, and other pandemic-impacted areas, overall...
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