Pentagon: China Boosts Nuclear Readiness

Beijing adds 130 bombers in past year and trained for strikes on U.S. bases
Chinese H-6K bomber patrolling islands and reefs including Huangyan Island in the South China Sea

Chinese H-6K bomber patrolling islands and reefs including Huangyan Island in the South China Sea / Getty Images

BY: Bill Gertz  — 

China added significant numbers of bombers to its military forces in the past year as part of a large-scale military buildup targeting the United States, a Pentagon’s report on the Chinese military says.

The annual report to Congress also reveals that China’s People’s Liberation Army increased long-range bomber flights further from Chinese coasts and conducted training for airstrikes against the U.S. bases in Asia.

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Massachusetts Taxpayers Sue Over Anti-Semitic, Pro-Islam School Lessons

middle school students

BY: Adam Kredo

A group of Massachusetts-based taxpayers are suing the school committee in the city of Newton, a wealthy, liberal enclave, over what they claim is the leadership’s ongoing promotion of anti-Semitic school materials and the promotion of Islamic religious beliefs, according to an announcement from the organization handling the lawsuit.

U.S. Says Redirects Syria Funds as Allies Pony Up $300 million

BY: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Friday it will redirect $230 million in frozen funding away from Syria and had raised $300 million from coalition partners for recovery efforts in areas retaken from Islamic State militants in northeast Syria.

The Agenda That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Column: The Democrats' plans for 2019—and beyond
Dems
BY: Matthew Continetti  — 

The Democrats have decided that agendas are overrated. Back in May, the party unveiled its “Better Deal” program, calling for expanded broadband access, an increase in the minimum wage, and paid family and sick leave. Voters didn’t bite. So last month the Democrats came up with “For the People,” which simplifies the platform to infrastructure spending, lowering health care costs, and draining the swamp. Again, crickets.

Inside the Ring: China’s Ukrainian Jet Engines

Jim Mattis
BY: Bill Gertz  — 

China has deployed one aircraft carrier and has plans for at least three more of the strategic power projection platforms as part of Beijing’s large-scale military buildup.

Indictment Reveals GRU Role in Election Meddling

Two Russian military spy units conducted hack, covertly disseminated hacked documents
GRU headquarters
BY: Bill Gertz  — 

A team of Russian GRU military intelligence officers specializing in covert influence operations played the key role in the 2016 election meddling operation while working out of an office building on 22 Kirova Street in Moscow called “The Tower” by GRU spies.

Beginning in April 2016, the GRU team known as Unit 74455 and headed by Col. Aleksandr V. Osadchuk was the key player in the major Russian influence operation aimed at swaying the 2016 presidential election through covertly disseminating hacked documents on the internet.

‘Mile 22’ Review

Compact and just coherent enough
Mile 22
BY: Sonny Bunch  — 

Mile 22 doesn’t deal in platitudes so much as luxuriate in them, elevate them. James Silva (Mark Wahlberg) and his team of American paramilitary operatives are “option three”—when diplomacy and the military fail, you call in Overwatch to clean up the mess.

The Agenda That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Column: The Democrats' plans for 2019—and beyond
Dems
BY: Matthew Continetti  — 

The Democrats have decided that agendas are overrated. Back in May, the party unveiled its “Better Deal” program, calling for expanded broadband access, an increase in the minimum wage, and paid family and sick leave. Voters didn’t bite. So last month the Democrats came up with “For the People,” which simplifies the platform to infrastructure spending, lowering health care costs, and draining the swamp. Again, crickets.

Massachusetts Taxpayers Sue Over Anti-Semitic, Pro-Islam School Lessons

middle school students
BY: Adam Kredo  — 

A group of Massachusetts-based taxpayers are suing the school committee in the city of Newton, a wealthy, liberal enclave, over what they claim is the leadership’s ongoing promotion of anti-Semitic school materials and the promotion of Islamic religious beliefs, according to an announcement from the organization handling the lawsuit.

Inside the Ring: China’s Ukrainian Jet Engines

Jim Mattis
BY: Bill Gertz  — 

China has deployed one aircraft carrier and has plans for at least three more of the strategic power projection platforms as part of Beijing’s large-scale military buildup.

U.S. Says Redirects Syria Funds as Allies Pony Up $300 million

BY: Reuters  — 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Friday it will redirect $230 million in frozen funding away from Syria and had raised $300 million from coalition partners for recovery efforts in areas retaken from Islamic State militants in northeast Syria.