A massive land reclamation project into the politically charged South China Sea has a US Admiral questioning China’s territorial expansion plans as it turns previously submerged reefs in the Spratlys archipelago into artificial islands with buildings, runways and wharves, reports Military.com.

An FBI report on the men, dressed as women, who crashed the NSA gate Sunday night suggests, reports The Hill, the NSA was not a target and earlier media reports correct suggesting the men made a wrong turn.

Two Southern Maryland Senators signed on as co-sponsors to state legislation urging NASA to study Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, five miles south of the Maryland border on the Eastern shore, as a launch and landing site for commercial booster rockets and spacecraft.

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