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CBO: Golden Dome to cost $1.2 trillion
The new estimate dwarfs Trump’s initial assessment and would be close to the entirety of today’s defense budget
May 13, 2026
Military Industrial Complex
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2 hearings, 0 justification for a $1.5 trillion military budget
What was most surprising about today's Hegseth-Caine congressional hearings was perhaps what was missing: a real enemy.
May 12, 2026
Military Industrial Complex
Lockheed's new Pentagon deal makes a bad bargain worse
A new contracting arrangement shifts even more risk from the weapons manufacturer to the American taxpayer
May 12, 2026
QiOSK
Military slow-rolled news of jet fuel leak at base near Washington
Maryland is assessing the damage from the incident, which fits a pattern of slow DoD responses to environmental disasters
May 07, 2026
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Expert: Iran war cost $72 billion over first two months
The Pentagon has badly undervalued the expense of the conflict, according to an independent estimate
May 07, 2026
Europe
Trump's right to take troops out of Germany. Now see where they go.
US force posture in Europe needed a strategic trim, but some lawmakers want these soldiers to go closer to Russia. They should come home.
May 06, 2026
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