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QiOSK

Trump’s $88 billion Iran war request is stuffed with pork

The proposal includes hundreds of millions for elevator and memorial repairs — and lawmakers aren’t buying it

​Congress loves to buy failed jets and ships then make your kids pay
Military Industrial Complex

​Congress loves to buy failed jets and ships then make your kids pay

Taxpayers are now contending with the crashing “bow wave” of defense spending that started growing around the turn of the century while simultaneously creating a new one

Unpopularity of war puts $1.5 trillion defense budget in crosshairs
Washington Politics

Unpopularity of war puts $1.5 trillion defense budget in crosshairs

Democratic lawmakers launch opening salvo into what is expected to be a contentious NDAA process

general Michael Kurilla Israel
Military Industrial Complex

US-Israel integration is far from 'America First'

We cannot outsource components of our national security to nations that do not share our interests and that is exactly what this proposed scheme would do

Elite corporate 'patriots' parachute into Pentagon at taxpayers' peril
Military Industrial Complex

Elite corporate 'patriots' parachute into Pentagon at taxpayers' peril

Hegseth killed a controversial fellows program that sent military personnel into the private sector. But then he created two new programs that are even worse.

Erik Kurilla Israel
QiOSK

Ex-CENTCOM chief headlines lavish Israeli-American Council gala

Known as Israel's favorite American general, recently retired Erik Kurilla was credited with convincing Trump to bomb Iran in June 2025