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Every year, Congress passes a major piece of legislation that sets military policy, the National Defense Authorization Act. Below are the specific recommendations that FCNL shared as Congress consider...

Today, the world crosses a dangerous threshold. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) has been allowed to lapse. This was the last remaining bilateral agreement between Russia and the Un...

Extending the nuclear treaty is not about trust—it’s about pragmatism.

The discussions have taken on new urgency as President Trump escalates his criticism of Europe. Germany and Poland already have suggested France’s nuclear weapons could be expanded to defend their cou...

As the last remaining U.S.-Russia nuclear limitations treaty expires on Feb. 5, an overwhelming majority of Americans (91 percent) say the United States should negotiate a new agreement with Russia to...

Faith communities from across the United States wrote a letter calling on Congress to pressure the Trump administration to pursue a diplomatic, negotiated follow-on agreement to the New Strategic Arms...

Eighty years ago, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing more than 200,000 people. Eight decades after those attacks, we are once again called...

The Trump administration has announced plans to request $1.01 trillion for Pentagon spending for fiscal year 2026. That includes more than two thirds of the $150 billion from the reconciliation bill…

The Trump administration has announced plans to request $1.01 trillion for Pentagon spending for fiscal year 2026. That includes more than two thirds of the $150 billion from the reconciliation bill c...

During his first administration, President Trump rarely spoke about nuclear weapons, claiming he deliberately avoided the topic due to the gravity of the issue.

If you read just one thing this week … read about the high-tech surveillance Texas state police have acquired.

US president Donald Trump says he opposes nuclear weapons, but his administration has taken aim at nuclear nonproliferation programs.

US president Donald Trump says he opposes nuclear weapons, but his administration has taken aim at nuclear nonproliferation programs.

For those seeking to reduce nuclear risks and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons, Rewriting the Narrative on Nuclear Weapons is a practical, research-based guide designed to reverse the dominant nar...

Last Friday, February 21 Senate Republicans passed a $340 billion budget framework, allocating substantial funds to military spending and border security, despite unanimous Democratic opposition. This...

The final compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025 reflects modest progress and ongoing challenges in U.S. defense spending and national security.

In an interview with Breaking Defense, Rep. Adam Smith said he was unsure if he would support the bill due to concerns about language that restricts transgender care for the children of servicemembers...

When the stakes are unimaginably high, like in decision making around nuclear weapons, relying solely on artificial intelligence, or AI, is risky.