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The viral social media app has beefed up its lobbying operation to counter several potential actions in Washington that could threaten the company’s future.

American cellular businesses will no longer be able to spend federal money on equipment from the two Chinese companies.

The move is part of the tit-for-tat retaliation after the Indian and Chinese militaries clashed earlier this month.

The order formalizes a decision last year to ground the federal agency’s drones pending an internal security investigation.

A tank that drives itself. A drone that picks its own targets. A machine gun with facial-recognition software. Sound like science fiction? Weapons powered by artificial intelligence are already here.