The package holds 40,000 one-ton bombs, all taxpayer-funded.

Any senator can force a vote to block delivery to Israel.

The MK-84’s blast radius spans hundreds of metres, lethal beyond 1,000 feet in dense Gaza neighborhoods.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio can bypass Congress using emergency authority, as before.

How each outlet framed it

drawn from 150+ reports worldwide

The New York Times
NDTV
Al Jazeera Online leans critical
quantifies MK-84 destruction radius (0.5 miles) and 40,000 bombs for hardened structure strikes

Sources: The New York Times, NDTV, Al Jazeera Online