U.S.–China Competition

President Trump signed the $901 billion FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act, granting full federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe, authorizing roughly $400 million a year in Ukraine security assistance (about $800 million over two years), locking in troop floors for Europe and South Korea and a roughly 3.8% pay raise for service members. The package also tightens China-related controls with tech bans, outbound investment screening and bans on purchases from blacklisted Chinese biotech firms, expands fentanyl sanctions to target Chinese entities and officials with financial penalties and visa bans, mandates FBI notification to congressional leaders when opening counterintelligence probes into federal candidates, and withholds 25% of certain Pentagon travel funds until unedited Caribbean strike footage is delivered.