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60+ Groups Demand Senate Pass Amendment to Slash Pentagon Budget by $74 Billion
The amendment would redirect the $74 billion in savings toward funding health care, education, jobs and housing.
Federal Court Rules Against Trump’s Bid to Seize Pentagon Funds for Border Wall
The Friday ruling said the administration's efforts to redirect Pentagon funds violated the Constitution.
Sanders Unveils Amendment to Slash Pentagon Budget by $74 Billion
The Pentagon budget is higher than the next 11 nations combined and represents over half of U.S. discretionary spending.
We Must Defund Militarization From the Local Police to the Pentagon
Renaming military bases that honor white supremacists is an empty gesture if it's tied to increasing military budgets.
Barbara Lee Unveils Plan to Cut Up to $350 Billion From Pentagon
Lee's office noted that the Pentagon's budget for fiscal year 2020 -- $738 billion -- was the “largest on record.”
COVID Isn’t a “Peacemaker.” Expect the Pentagon to Modify Warfare — Not End It.
After the pandemic, talk of “ending” this country’s forever wars may merely be an exercise in semantics.
Trump’s “VERY Promising” Vaccine Is at Least a Year Away, Leaked Memo Suggests
The leaked Pentagon memo warns that a vaccine won't likely become available until “at least the summer of 2021.”
The Pentagon Continues to Profit at Taxpayers’ Expense During Pandemic
It's time to reduce the defense budget and put more resources into the real crisis at hand.
Actual National Security Budget Is Nearly Twice as Much as Announced Budget
At $1.21 trillion, the actual national security budget is almost twice the size of the announced Pentagon budget.
Six Key Questions We Should Be Asking About the US’s Never-Ending Wars
For almost two decades, we have been engaged in the longest U.S. war in history.