Congress

Trump requests $1.5T for Department of War in FY2027 budget — up $445B from previous year, largest post-WW2 increase in US history. Includes $185B for Golden Dome missile defense and $65.8B for shipbuilding.

The Department of Homeland Security partial shutdown has become the longest in US history, marking an unprecedented disruption to the fourth largest federal agency as Congress remains deadlocked with no resolution in sight.

Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have introduced legislation to impose a two-year moratorium on new AI data centers, citing worker safety, community impact, and the need for safeguards before expanding AI infrastructure.