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Trump Administration Advances Massive Arms Sale to Taiwan Amid Tensions With Beijing

Two F-16 Fighting Falcon launch flares during an annual drill at a Air Base in Taitung City, southeast Taiwan on January 30, 2018.

'Blood of Jamal Khashoggi and Innocent People of Yemen' on His Hands as Trump Vetoes Effort to Block Massive Saudi Weapons Sale

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"U.S. weapons have been used for the mass killing, starvation, and maiming of countless Yemeni civilians, including schoolchildren. Today's news is heartbreaking. We will never stop fighting to end U.S. brutality in Yemen."

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If Trump Wants to 'Talk About Our Missiles,' Says Iranian Foreign Minister, US Must Stop Pouring Theirs Into Middle East

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"If you want to discuss ballistic missiles, then we need to discuss the amount...

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'Rare Piece of Good News for the People of Yemen' as UK Court Finds Weapons Sales to Saudis Unlawful

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

bombed factory in Yemen

"No matter what atrocities it has inflicted, the Saudi regime has been able to...

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Raytheon and United Technologies Announce Merger to Create 'Military-Industrial Behemoth'

bombed home in Yemen

Citing Slaughter in Yemen, Senators Launch New Effort to Block Trump From Selling More US-Made Weapons to Saudis

Yemeni mourners carry coffins of women and children who were killed in airstrikes carried out previously by the Saudi-led coalition's warplanes in the Hajjah province during a funeral ceremony on March 14, 2019 in Sana'a, Yemen.

As Trump Avoids Congress to Send More Bombs to Saudis, Airstrike Kills Seven Yemeni Children

A Yemeni boy rides a bike on rubble of houses destroyed in a recent airstrike carried out by warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition, on May 23, 2019 in Sana'a, Yemen.

Outrage After Trump, Advancing "Alarming Desire to Sow Chaos Abroad," Uses Loophole to Send US Bombs to Saudis

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Trump's Use of Emergency Loophole to Export US Bombs to Saudis, Critics Warn, Will Only Intensify World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

"I Hope You're Happy": In Middle of NRA Speech, Trump Signs Order to Withdraw From Global Arms Treaty

'Incessant Warmongering' Pays Off: Critics Respond to Nikki Haley Joining Boeing's Board

Bolstering Case to End American Role, Saudis Reportedly Providing US Weapons to al-Qaeda Forces in Yemen

With New Hope for War Powers Vote, Poll Shows American Public Strongly Favors End to US-Backed War in Yemen

'Very Dangerous,' Warns Russia as Global Experts Say Trump Ditching INF Treaty Will Restart Nuclear Arms Race

Literally Standing at a Weapons Show in Paris, France's Macron Says Questions About Arms Sales to Saudis Are Off Topic

While Trump and Kushner Insulate Saudis, Germany Halts Arms Exports to Kingdom and Calls on EU Allies to Follow Suit

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Amnesty International - USA

US Senate Blocks Trump Administration’s Emergency Arms Sales to Saudi-UAE Led Coalition

Senator Bernie Sanders

Sanders Opposes Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia, Calls on Trump to Obey Constitution

Peace Action

Senate Votes to Block Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Amnesty International - USA

The Trump Administration Dangerously Weakens Arms Sales Protections

Peace Action

Trump’s Veto Keeps U.S. Complicit in Yemen, For Now

Stop the War Coalition

UK Government Must Act Now to Avert Disaster in Yemen

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Ilhan Omar

Sanctions Are Part of a Failed Foreign Policy Playbook. Stop Relying on Them.

Kathy Kelly

Death, Bloodshed, and Misery in Yemen

Tom Gallagher

Turkey, the Kurds, and Lots and Lots of US Weapons

Karen Attiah

'Do Not Keep My Mouth Closed... You’ll Suffocate Me': Khashoggi's Final Words in Arabic

Rajan Menon

Hypersonic Weapons and National (In)security

David A. Love

Mass Shootings: The Most American Way to Kill and Die

Robert Dodge

Hiroshima and the New Arms Race—No Winners

Nia Harris, Cassandra Stimpson

More Money, Fewer Jobs: The Stubborn Truth About Employment and the Defense Industry

John Lindsay-Poland

The U.S. Is Flooding the World With Guns. Congress Can Stop That.

William Hartung

Merger Mania: The Military-Industrial Complex on Steroids