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Debt ceiling agreement locks in Biden’s proposed defense budget

The White House and House Republicans reached a debt ceiling agreement that increases the defense budget by 3.3% while cutting non-defense spending.

By Bryant Harris

5 days ago

Biden seeks legislation to invest in Australia, UK defense industries

The Biden administration is asking Congress to make Australia and the U.K. eligible for U.S. Defense Production Act grants and loans as part of AUKUS.

By Bryant Harris

9 days ago

‘Devastating’ debt default threatens troop pay, defense programs

If Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling, payments to troops, veterans and defense contractors could cease as soon as June.

By Leo Shane III and Bryant Harris

3 weeks ago

‘My career of 280 years’: Biden laughs off 2024 age concerns

As Biden, the oldest president in U.S. history, embarks on his reelection campaign, he is increasingly musing aloud about his advanced age.

By Seung Min Kim

4 weeks ago

Pentagon seeks to ease China’s green tech chokehold amid GOP criticism

The Pentagon is trying to scale back China's outsized influence on the critical minerals needed to produce electric vehicles and build solar panels.

By Bryant Harris and Jen Judson

4 weeks ago

US, Philippines vow joint defense ‘anywhere in the South China Sea’

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made the rounds in Washington seeking to deepen the alliance amid concerns over Chinese aggression.

By Bryant Harris

4 weeks ago