Tag: Defense Spending

The U.S. envoy to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchison, appears at an event.

Beltway Confidential

NATO shouldn’t attack Russian intermediate range ballistic missiles — just outmatch them

Tom Rogan · October 2, 2018 6:39 pm

President Trump speaks during a rally.

Trump: Why are we subsidizing Saudi Arabia’s military?

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · September 30, 2018 1:46 am

This Sept. 2, 2015, file photo shows an F-35 jet arriving at its new operational base at Hill Air Force Base in Utah.

National Security

Lockheed Martin cuts F-35 price in latest contract with Pentagon

Jamie McIntyre · September 28, 2018 2:49 pm

The T-X trainer, above, was developed by Boeing Co. and Saab to replace the Air Force's aging T-38 fleet.

Boeing reaches $13 billion in defense wins with T-X training jet deal

James Langford · September 27, 2018 8:21 pm

Members Congress clinb the steps of the House of Representatives for final votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Congress ran full-tilt into election-year gridlock over immigration Thursday and staggered toward a five-week summer break with no agreement in sight on legislation to cope with the influx of young immigrants flocking illegally to the United States. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

House sends $674 billion defense spending bill to Trump

Travis J. Tritten · September 26, 2018 9:20 pm

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Boeing widens military winning streak with $2.4 billion ‘Huey’ deal

James Langford · September 24, 2018 9:41 pm

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., walks to meet with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Next week: House wants to vote on spending and taxes, then go home

Susan Ferrechio · September 22, 2018 4:00 am

The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard launches Monday, May 21, 2018, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Orbital ATK launched a fresh load of supplies to the International Space Station.

National Security

Air Force padded its $13 billion Space Force estimate, analyst says

Travis J. Tritten · September 20, 2018 8:58 pm

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent passes along a section of border wall in Hidalgo, Texas.

Trump questions lack of border wall money in ‘ridiculous’ spending bill

Katelyn Caralle · September 20, 2018 12:22 pm

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid.

Sen. David Perdue: Senate funding progress is not a permanent solution

Sen. David Perdue · September 19, 2018 4:00 am

A copy of the $1.3 trillion spending bill is stacked on a table in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington on March 23, 2018.

Red Alert Politics

If millennials are going to #resist anything, it should be the national debt

Brad Johnson · September 19, 2018 4:00 am

"Not many people are aware that we're behind some of our allies and adversaries in terms of artillery pieces. Germany, for example, is ahead of us in artillery. So, we're quickly catching up and passing. I just want to get back to the point where America has the best of everything," Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said in an interview with the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lawmakers unfazed by $13 billion Space Force estimate

Travis J. Tritten · September 18, 2018 7:13 pm