The president has been forced to go it alone thanks to a stalled Congress.

The press has relentlessly debated the costs of the Build Back Better Act. But the Defense Department is getting $768 billion for Christmas with nary a peep.

With Build Back Better on ice, the upper body is moving forward with its regular round of defense spending.

The House Armed Services Committee is marking up the latest NDAA, which will be packed with more than $700 billion in new spending.

The 20-year conflict was a boon to the military-industrial complex, at the cost of untold lives.

The “Yellow Peril” tropes that may pave the way for a new war abroad have historically fueled anti-Asian hate on these shores.

High defense costs are one of the surest ways to hasten a great power's decline.

A historian explains the risks of increased spending and why the benchmark—2 percent of GDP—is flawed.