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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Defense Department says it’s monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, as of Friday floating over the Central U.S. and underscoring mutual suspicion between the world’s two largest economies just as top diplomats had prepared to hold talks in Beijing. Here’s what we know so far:

The Chinese balloon drifting high above the U.S. and first revealed over Montana has created a buzz down below among residents — and raised a chorus of alarm from elected officials

A new rocket that would double Ukraine's strike range in its war with Russia was included in a $2.175 billion U.S. military aid package, the Pentagon said on Friday.

A Chinese spy balloon has changed course and is now floating eastward at about 60,000 feet (18,300 meters) over the central United States, demonstrating a capability to maneuver, the U.S. military said on Friday, in the latest twist to a spying saga that led U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken…

‘We’re monitoring the situation closely and reviewing options’

Pentagon officials say the balloon is a surveillance craft, while Chinese officials claim it’s a civilian “airship”

A new rocket that would double Ukraine's strike range for the first time in its war with Russia was included in a more than $2.175 billion military aid package to be sent by the United States, a US official said on Friday. "As part of the USAI package, we will…

The Chinese “intelligence-gathering” airship has been sighted close to a number of “sensitive sites” over the continental United States, officials say

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday scrapped a rare Beijing trip aimed at easing escalating tensions between the two global powers, after the Pentagon said that China sent a spy balloon over the United States. Moments before the decision, China issued a rare statement of regret and blamed…