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Pentagon Spent $49 Million on Meals for National Guard in Washington

Revealing the scope of a sustained Guard deployment, the figure intensifies legal and political pushback in Washington.

GAO Finds Submarine Maintenance Backlog Has Sidelined Boats and Cost Billions

Taiwan Parliament Rejects Government’s NT$210 Billion Drone Bill and Passes Annual Funding Alternative

Bundeswehr Reaches 186,700 Personnel Target

U.S. and Japan Fund $745 Million Raytheon Deal for SM‑3 Block IIA Interceptors

Tinubu Approves Tiered Military Pay Rises of Up to 80%

Navy Seeks Private-Sector Swing Space to House Sailors During Barracks Renovations

Pentagon Keeps National Guard in Washington Through 2029

Trump Sons’ Investments Linked to Billions in Pentagon Contracts

Germany's New Military Service Law Faces Youth Rejection and Low Trust

Study Finds National Guard Did Not Cut Violent Crime in Washington

House Passes Bipartisan Ukraine Support Act After Republican Defections

France’s Parliament Approves €36 Billion Boost and New 'État d'Alerte' for Security

Army Slashes Training to Cover $4–$6 Billion Budget Gap

Peru Enacts Law to Raise Conscripts’ Stipends by 50% Starting June 2026

Navy Sends $602 Million Unfunded List Focused on Six Construction Projects

Lord Robertson Urges UK to Weigh Swedish-Style Civil Defence Duty

Harvard Analyst Says Iran War Could Cost U.S. Taxpayers $1 Trillion

White House Seeks $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget, Prepares $98 Billion Iran War Supplemental

White House Budget Delayed After $500 Billion Pentagon Boost Leaves Aides Scrambling