Tag: Defense Spending

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Raytheon takeover worries cost-conscious Trump

James Langford · June 14, 2019 3:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Rand Paul warns US arming its enemies: ‘They don’t like us’

Paul Bedard · June 13, 2019 6:31 pm

Cartoon rendering of a pig.

Washington Secrets

Costly ‘earmarks’ reach $15B, largest since pork ban imposed

Paul Bedard · June 12, 2019 1:44 pm

Members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, in Laredo, Texas.

Border troops, nuclear strategy and Space Force among flashpoints in House defense proposal

Russ Read · June 11, 2019 10:16 am

Team SCHAFTâs robot S-One.

Beltway Confidential

Why does DARPA put so much online?

Tom Rogan · June 5, 2019 1:18 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference in the press briefing room at the State Department in Washington, D.C.

Pompeo authorizes emergency arms sale to Mideast allies in challenge to Congress

Joel Gehrke · May 25, 2019 1:01 am

190510-M-EC058-0340 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 10, 2019) U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), perform maintenance on an AV-8B Harrier engine aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). The Marines and Sailors of the 11th MEU are conducting routine operations as part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group.

National Security

Defense contractor the Pentagon accused of ‘gouging our taxpayers’ repays $16M

Russ Read · May 24, 2019 10:34 pm

McConnell: Bipartisan deal to raise debt ceiling and spending caps as soon as today

Susan Ferrechio · May 21, 2019 7:17 pm

Soldiers conduct preventive maintenance checks on an AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter during training at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, Aug. 3, 2016.

‘Like taking candy from a baby’: Pentagon accuses defense contractor of ‘gouging our taxpayers’

Russ Read · May 17, 2019 12:01 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a campaign stop.

Elizabeth Warren hits defense contractors at Northern Virginia rally: ‘How about just a little transparency?’

Naomi Lim · May 16, 2019 11:15 pm

Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., speaks before a House Armed Services Committee budget hearing for the Departments of the Army and Air Force on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2019.

House Democrats introduce bill to limit Defense Department’s ability to shift money toward border wall

Julio Rosas · May 16, 2019 2:16 pm

President Donald Trump speaks as he visits a new section of the border wall with Mexico in Calexico, Calif., Friday April 5, 2019.

Here’s where the Pentagon is pulling $1.5B to put toward Trump’s wall

Anna Giaritelli · May 12, 2019 11:58 pm