Tag: defense budget

Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.

New reporting reveals that the United States burned through billions in munitions within days of launching its assault on Iran, highlighting the scale of the military campaign and its mounting financial and humanitarian toll.

House advances $893 billion defense policy as culture war riders and audit penalties collide with pay raises, troop increases, and a looming Senate clash.

While it’s just a starting point, this reduction would allow us to prioritize what truly matters: healthcare, education, infrastructure, and the well-being of our people.

"Free advice for the speaker of the House: if you want to cut spending so bad, start and end with the Pentagon budget," said one watchdog group.

After the catastrophic wars and ballooning U.S. military budgets of the past 25 years, we should be wise by now to the escalatory nature of the vicious spiral in which we are caught.

“If you’re ending the forever war in Afghanistan … then why are we increasing, at the same time, the defense budget?”

Republicans AND Democrats are the problem.

Or Buck Rogers in the 21st century.