New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Tit-for-Tat Tariff Measures and U.S. Trade Policy, CRS Insight, July 11, 2018
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Incentives: A Summary of Federal Programs, updated July 11, 2018
Military Transition Assistance Program (TAP): An Overview, CRS In Focus, updated July 12, 2018
Risk and Needs Assessment in the Federal Prison System, updated July 10, 2018
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings for a Supreme Court Nominee: Overview, CRS Insight, July 12, 2018
Justice Anthony Kennedy: His Jurisprudence and the Future of the Court, July 11, 2018
Satellite imagery of RAF Lakenheath reveals new construction of a security perimeter around ten protective aircraft shelters in the designated nuclear area, the latest measure in a series of upgrades as the base prepares for the ability to store U.S. nuclear weapons.
It will take consistent leadership and action to navigate the complex dangers in the region and to avoid what many analysts considered to be an increasingly possible outcome, a nuclear conflict in East Asia.
Getting into a shutdown is the easy part, getting out is much harder. Both sides will be looking to pin responsibility on each other, and the court of public opinion will have a major role to play as to who has the most leverage for getting us out.
How the United States responds to China’s nuclear buildup will shape the global nuclear balance for the rest of the century.