Tag: Defense Spending

"I think it's great for spirit. The military loves it. They love the idea," Trump told Fox News in an interview Saturday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

Trump: Military ‘loves’ the idea of a military parade

Melissa Quinn · February 25, 2018 4:52 pm

White House challenges media claims of inaction on Russia

Gabby Morrongiello · February 24, 2018 5:01 am

Condoleezza Rice said she doesn't want guns present in her classroom and called it a "sad thing" that a discussion is being held about needing guards to protect schools in the wake of the shooting in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Beltway Confidential

Condoleezza Rice: ‘I don’t really like the idea of a gun in my classroom’

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 7:56 pm

"Every church that I know of has that same kind of policy," Rep. Jim Jordan said. "There are parishioners each Sunday who've had the training — maybe they're retired law enforcement, retired military ... they have a policy in place." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Freedom Caucus leaders support arming teachers, oppose Trump’s other gun ideas

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 5:50 pm

John James, the Republican trying to unseat Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., says he is torn over the GOP budget deal that passed earlier in February. (screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

Is it a defense or fiscal hawk running against Sen. Debbie Stabenow? Michigan’s John James is ‘torn’ over Republican budget deal

Philip Wegmann · February 22, 2018 9:56 pm

In the odd but close relationship that Emmanuel Macron and Trump seem to have sparked up, it seems likely that Macron sees this defense increase as a way to woo his American counterpart. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Thank Trump and Emmanuel Macron for increased French defense spending

Tom Rogan · February 20, 2018 6:19 pm

Many Republicans have problems with provisions dealing with immigrant farm workers, while others don't like the immigration reduction numbers and mandatory E-Verify, which are also opposed by the business community.

Beltway Confidential

Immigration reform faces high hurdle in the House

Susan Ferrechio · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

Since the F-35's inception in the late 1990s, the price tag for the stealthy plane has skyrocketed from a vastly over-optimistic estimate of $40 million a copy, to more than $100 million, with projected costs topping $1 trillion to keep the aircraft flying over its projected 60-year lifespan. (George Frey/Bloomberg)

F-35 takes flak, but still flying high

Jamie McIntyre · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

The budget proposal Trump's White House released days later would raise deficits by as much as $7 trillion over 10 years if enacted.

Beltway Confidential

Deficits drive a wedge between Trump and fiscal conservatives

Sarah Bedford · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

In this 2017 photo, President Trump arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump is set to speak again at this year's CPAC, but some of his initiatives are unpopular among the movement conservatives who dominate CPAC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Is Trump conservative enough, and does CPAC care?

W. James Antle III · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

Army Secretary Mark Esper said he has been meeting with members of Congress about relaxing a Sept. 30 deadline for using its annual operations and maintenance funds, an account that is about 40 percent of the total Pentagon budget. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The military, flush with cash, is asking lawmakers for more time to spend it all

Travis J. Tritten · February 19, 2018 5:01 am

The president is reportedly interested in a military parade taking place down Pennsylvania Avenue and potentially occurring on Veterans Day, which this year coincides with the 100-year anniversary of the end of World War I.

National Security

Trump’s military parade would cost between $10 million and $30 million, budget director estimates

Melissa Quinn · February 14, 2018 4:18 pm