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Briana Reilly

Defense Reporter
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Briana has covered the military and defense policy since 2021. Before joining Punchbowl in 2025, Briana wrote for CQ Roll Call’s defense and national security team. Prior to that, she reported on the Air Force, as well as the Pentagon’s efforts to harness emerging technology developments at Inside Defense. Briana began her career in 2017 as a state politics and government reporter in Wisconsin, where she’s from originally.

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Challenges abound for Graham’s ‘Russia week’ push
Sen. Lindsey Graham is pushing for “Russia week” on the Senate floor, where senators would take up a trio of bills targeting Moscow.
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Banks proposes changes to chips export bill
The changes could help boost the chances Banks’ legislation will make it into the final annual defense policy bill being written by House and Senate negotiators.
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How the Pentagon will spend its OBBB billions
The complete spending plan is critical for lawmakers as they work to determine FY2026 funding for the Pentagon.
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Defense hawks pan new Pentagon memo
A new Pentagon policy seeking to clamp down on “unauthorized engagements” between the military and the Hill riled Senate defense hawks Tuesday.
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Washington limps through AWS outage; plus, shutdown latest
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday that the House should consider coming back into session to pass a new stopgap spending measure.
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