Tag: defense spending

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators the campaign has already cost $37.5bn and asked for nearly $70bn more, even as oil tops $86 a barrel, allied Gulf states absorb Iranian reprisals, and no ceasefire holds.

Bernie Sanders challenges America’s staggering military budget, calling for reforms to address fraud, waste, and misplaced priorities.

Amidst soaring defense spending, a new GAO report uncovers the Pentagon's chronic evasion of basic fraud prevention measures, with Senator Bernie Sanders leading the charge for accountability.

A critical look at the Congressional impasse over funding $12 billion for Child Tax Credit expansion amid the approval of a colossal $858 billion military budget.

The U.S. already spends more on military than the next seven countries – China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the U.K., India, France, and Japan – combined.

Your tax dollars support troops of defense contractor CEOs.

Ten ways your tax dollars pay for war – past, present, and future.

Never has a society spent more for less.

The president apparently wants to put the U.S. on a permanent war footing to sustain his unpopular presidency.

The White House is hoping that Congress will approve of a $54 billion boost to Pentagon coffers.