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The U.S. Capitol in Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump’s most recent budget request called for $1.5 trillion in base funding for the Pentagon, but some Republican's were skeptical.

WORLD / Politics

Apr 16, 2026

Trump’s $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget raises some Republican eyebrows

The administration’s ask is “a heavy lift,” one Republican who attended a briefing said.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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