Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Tag: U.S. military budget

Pentagon fails seventh straight audit amid $1 trillion military budget

Meanwhile, Congress continues to approve unprecedented increases in military spending, pushing the budget close to $1 trillion.

Daring to ‘look a sacred cow in the teeth’

Making major cuts to military spending would increase U.S. national security.

‘The greatest fighting force in human history’

A most exceptional military makes its wars and their ugliness disappear.

A military rich in dollars, poor in people

A frayed social safety net and the military.

The US military budget as a mushroom loud

Going nuclear on Pentagon spending!

Why the Pentagon budget never goes down

Joe Biden's first 100 days were a Pentagon prize...

Saving America and the world by slashing US military spending

Instead, we need to spend this huge totally wasted share of our national wealth on our own long neglected social needs and on saving this country and world from an increasingly obvious looming environmental catastrophe.

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US-Iran ceasefire deal opens fragile path out of war as Israel threatens to keep...

The interim framework could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and pause a war that killed thousands, but unresolved disputes over sanctions, Iran’s nuclear program, frozen assets, and Israel’s military operations leave the deal vulnerable before it is even signed.

The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.