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EconomyThe national debt fix would cost $827 billion—roughly what America spends on its entire military, economists warn
By Jake AngeloApril 29, 2026
EconomyU.S. debt concerns weigh on Trump’s plan to supersize the Pentagon’s budget to $1.5 trillion, highlighting this law about great-power status
By Jason MaFebruary 23, 2026
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 15, 2025
TechAir Force bid for Tesla Cybertrucks in target practice symbolizes the ‘evolving’ relationship between the Pentagon and Big Tech, expert says
By Sasha RogelbergAugust 10, 2025
By Arne Delfs, Kamil Kowalcze, Christoph Rauwald and BloombergMarch 21, 2025
PoliticsGerman MPs approve fiscal ‘bazooka’ package—paving way for over €1 trillion in defense spending
By Femke Colborne and AFPMarch 19, 2025
PoliticsGerman lawmakers prepare to vote on $545 billion ‘fiscal bazooka’ as threat to Europe’s security intensifies
By Femke Colborne and AFPMarch 18, 2025
PoliticsGermany’s next leader Merz is vowing to do ‘whatever it takes’ on historic $1.3 trillion infrastructure spending revolution
By Jastinder Khera, Sam Reeves and AFPMarch 13, 2025
FinancePalantir CEO Alex Karp made nearly $2 billion from selling company stock last year—mostly in the leadup to the presidential election
By Irina IvanovaFebruary 22, 2025
FinancePalantir stock soared 600% on deportation policies, AI, and its contracts with the U.S. military—but Trump sent it spiraling after a call to slash costs at the Pentagon
By Sasha RogelbergFebruary 20, 2025
PoliticsPete Hegseth says Ukraine joining NATO is ‘unrealistic’ and demands member nations take responsibility for their own security: ‘The United States will no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship’
By Lorne Cook, Tara Copp and The Associated PressFebruary 12, 2025
PoliticsDefense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law alleges he abused his second wife in affidavit to Senate
By Farnoush Amiri, Tara Copp and The Associated PressJanuary 22, 2025
By The Associated PressDecember 1, 2024
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