Congress delays the US defense supplemental, threatening munitions stockpiles, Navy readiness, and future modernization amid the Iran conflict.
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Reverting to steam catapults would delay carriers, shrink the fleet, and erase the Ford’s proven savings and launch superiority.
Fiscal policy now anchors Israel’s coalition politics, funding settlements and Haredi exemptions at unprecedented scale while legal accountability fades.
A stopgap spending bill halts defense momentum, costing billions daily and delaying vital war funds as Congress stalls
Senate Democrats block the 2027 NDAA over Trump’s unauthorized Iran war, stalling a $1.5 trillion defense request and raising threats of a government shutdown.
A detailed CSIS breakdown of the ~$40 billion Epic Fury Cost, from munitions and base repairs to the looming budget fight.
A critical evaluation of Libya’s governance deadlock, tracking the geopolitical friction between elite financial compacts and institutional stabilization.
The Iran War has laid bare a defense funding crisis that is now forcing the military to rob its future readiness to pay for today’s operations.
Libya’s surging crude production cannot rescue its failing economy while rival political elites weaponize revenues and trigger severe inflation.
“You just can’t come up here with an invoice and say, you know, ‘pay this’ and expect to have great cooperation going forward.”