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The Pentagon Just Requested $1.5 Trillion. The Fight Over Golden Dome’s Most Ambitious Layer Is Just Beginning.

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The Pentagon has proposed a historic $1.5 trillion defense budget for FY2027, including $17.9 billion for the controversial Golden Dome program, aimed at developing space-based interceptors for missile defense. There are significant concerns regarding the cost, feasibility, and strategic implications of this initiative amid growing global adversary capabilities.

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Purple Line or Purple Disaster? How Maryland’s $9 Billion Transit Boondoggle Became the Punchline of State Planning

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The WMATA Purple Line project in Maryland, initially estimated at $2.4 billion, has escalated to nearly $9 billion, suffering serious delays and mismanagement under both Democratic and Republican leadership. This has harmed local economies and revealed failures in planning. A structured overhaul of infrastructure processes is urgently needed to restore public trust.

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