Senators Particularly Concerned About $300B Iran Fund
Lawmakers are weighing the price of a $300 billion fund to rebuild Iran after conflict. The outcome could reshape deb...
Defense Budget
Explore a concise roundup of four Defense Budget articles that show how spending decisions shape your wallet. Learn practical steps to plan, save, and invest amid budget shifts.
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U.S. Military Expert Issues Grim Warning on Munitions Delays
A leading defense analyst warns of a readiness gap as U.S. munitions deliveries lag demand, signaling a multiyear bud...
World’s Largest Aircraft Carrier Returns After 11 Months
The USS Gerald R. Ford has come home to Virginia after 11 months at sea, the longest post-Vietnam deployment for a ca...
Oops. Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Cost Skyrockets to $1.2T
A fresh CBO illustrative analysis puts the Golden Dome missile defense at about $1.2 trillion, far above earlier esti...
Navy Plans Costly Trump-Class Battleships by 2055, Analysts React
The Navy's new 30-year shipbuilding plan calls for 15 Trump-Class battleships by 2055, with per-ship costs near $14.5...
Pentagon Tightens Controls Over Stars and Stripes News
The Pentagon unveiled sweeping new rules governing Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper, tightening editorial ov...
Investors React as Crew Members KC-135 Refueling Crash
Six crew members died in a KC-135 refueling crash in western Iraq, prompting market scrutiny of defense spending and ...
Pentagon’s Fight with Anthropic Tests AI Controls Markets
The Pentagon’s fight with Anthropic has become a landmark test of how the U.S. will regulate powerful AI. Markets and...
Iran’s Missile Barrage Tests Interceptor Stocks, Budgets Scramble
A new round of Iranian strikes tests the region’s missile defenses and buoyed defense stocks, while households weigh ...
Pentagon Brands Anthropic’s ‘Liar’: AI Rules Loom Over U.S.
A Friday deadline intensifies a clash between Anthropic and the Pentagon over how its Claude AI models may be used by...
U.S. Debt Concerns Weigh on Pentagon Budget to $1.5T
Debt worries surround a proposed $1.5 trillion boost to the Pentagon budget, drawing pushback from fiscal hawks and r...