United States House Committee on Appropriations

July 20, 2026 | Emmerson Overell |

How Congress Is Pressing the U.S. Space Force To Mature

“Space is no longer a sanctuary. Adversaries, particularly the People’s Republic of China, are rapidly fielding counterspace weapons that threaten critical joint force capabilities,” the House Appropriations...

June 25, 2026 | Jiwon Ma |

5 Reasons Why CISA Is Indispensable to America’s Cyber Defense

Some 70 percent of cyberattacks in 2024 targeted critical infrastructure, yet Congress is weighing cuts to the lead agency responsible for defending it. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...

March 14, 2024 | Bradley Bowman, Richard Goldberg

How to Ensure Israel Has the Weapons It Needs

September 19, 2023 | Jiwon Ma, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

2023 Annual Report on Implementation

September 21, 2022 | Jiwon Ma, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

2022 Annual Report on Implementation

August 24, 2022 | Orde Kittrie, Bruce Rashkow

The Time Is Now to Reform the UN Human Rights Apparatus

November 18, 2021 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Trevor Logan

Poor Cybersecurity Makes Water a Weak Link in Critical Infrastructure

October 8, 2021 | Rep. Tony Gonzales, Samantha Ravich

Cartels and crypto

Excerpt If the massive spike in traffic across the U.S.-Mexico border continues at its current pace, total border arrests in 2021 will be the highest since 2000, when nearly 1.7 million illegal border...

September 24, 2021 | Matthew Zweig, John Hardie

Senate Republicans Offer Biden a Deal on the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

Key Senate Republicans offered the Biden administration a deal last week: If President Biden sanctions Nord Stream 2 AG (NS2 AG), the Russian-owned company responsible for the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) gas pipeline,...

July 31, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer, Richard Goldberg

Congress must fix UNRWA’s Hamas problem

The House Appropriations Committee this month approved the annual foreign aid bill on a party-line vote. The proposal includes the Biden administration’s full request to provide at least $150 million,...

July 5, 2017 | David Adesnik

House Hawks Look to Outbid Trump on Defense

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis hinted in recent congressional testimony that Presi...

November 20, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Obama Warns Egyptian President Morsi to Rein in Terrorists in Gaza

President Obama on Monday warned Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi that he must get the violence in Gaza under control. Frustration in the U.S. over rocket attacks on Israel from Hamas mi...

September 22, 2011 |

Disappearing Defense Funds

Last week the Senate Appropriations Committee fully funded the Obama administration’s $407 million request to develop what some are sarcastically calling “Might Eventually Almost Do S...

September 14, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer Middle East Quarterly

Early Warnings Ignored

September 11: A Decade Later

March 15, 2011 | Michael Ledeen Pajamas Media

What if They Are Already Here?

A very long time ago — back in the last century, when I worked for men like Alexander Haig and Ronald Reagan — the United States government knew of at least three terrorist sleeper ce...

July 10, 2009 | |

House Passes Legislation Prohibiting Funds to Iran’s Gasoline Suppliers

Language Included in FY 2010 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Act Washington, D.C. (July 10, 2009)...

June 24, 2009 | |

House Appropriations Committee Amendment Prohibits Funds to Iran’s Gasoline Suppliers

Washington, D.C. (June 24, 2009) - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies welcomed a House Appropriations Committee amendment that would prohibit certain U.S. financial support for companies t...

February 8, 2007 |

In the Border Patrol Case, the Best Defense Is a Good Offense

A report by the Homeland Security Department’s inspector general is the occasion for the latest offensive by champions of Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos, the former Border Patrol agents cur...

March 2, 2005 |

Jihad Correspondence

Convicted terrorists should not be permitted to mail letters.