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Pete Hegseth Goes on $93 Billion Pentagon Spending Spree for Lobster, Fruit Baskets and Japanese Flute: Report

The Pentagon spent $93.4 billion on grants and contracts in September 2025, including $50.1 billion in just five days, according to a government spending watchdog group Purchases included $15.1 ...
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Senators brace for another government shutdown after spending talks stall

Senate Republicans and some Democrats fear another government shutdown is looming this fall after bipartisan spending talks sputtered this week, forcing Republicans to cancel the markup of four ...
City Journal

The Return of Trade-Offs

In October 2024, Treasury secretary Janet Yellen addressed the Council on Foreign Relations to tout the Biden administration’s “modern supply-side economics.” She argued that more government ...
The Conversation

Federal R&D funding boosts productivity for the whole economy − making big cuts to such government spending unwise

Large cuts to government-funded research and development can endanger American innovation – and the vital productivity gains it supports. The Trump administration has already canceled at least ...

‘It’s happening now’: Government spending driving economic crisis

​EQ Economics Managing Director Warren Hogan warns government spending is driving an economic crisis.