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“Despite this role, Van Hollen has long opposed the Citizens United ruling that opened the floodgates for corporate spending on political campaigns.”

“One thing we all know about the tech billionaires is they are super-smart.”

“…rtarian economist who campaigned with a chainsaw as the symbol of his promised spending cuts, Milei called Francis an “imbecile” and “the representative of the Evil One on Earth” in 2020, and accused him of promoting communism, saying social justice was…”

“Mr Trump won’t put in the legwork or attention to detail demanded by, say, Bill Clinton’s push for lasting peace in the Middle East.”

“…ould also hold hostage the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act, demanding concessions on Iran or limits on Trump’s authority in order to pass the Senate version of the bill that would authorise about $1.15tn in national defense spending for…”

“Welcome to the grey zone – that ambiguous space between routine peace and conventional military conflict, where proxies duck state accountability and cyber-tactics are developing at an alarming rate.”

“And by cutting more than £3bn from the energy department, Healey has been able to raise defence spending – something the former defence secretary has made one of his top priorities.”

“…, El-Sayed is running on a platform that endorses the Medicare for All proposed system of universal healthcare, and calls for taking corporate money out of politics, taxing billionaires and corporations and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement…”

“But he was a billionaire spending hundreds of millions of dollars to drown out his opponents at a moment when voters, particularly on the left, were deeply skeptical of both.”

“He has rejected calls to raise capital gains tax or lower the mansion tax and has promised to stick to Labour’s fiscal rules, while the Iran war has increased the cost of borrowing and eroded his spending power.”

“He has rejected invitations to join the controversial coalition of Latin American countries conducting military operations against drug cartels alongside the Pentagon, which would have resulted in much greater US involvement on Brazilian soil.”

“There will also be billions of pounds in extra defence spending, directed towards the British Business Bank and National Wealth Fund, as well as a £1bn crackdown on online VAT sales, with big retailers such as Amazon, eBay and Temu to be responsible for…”

“In 2000, he authored a bill to provide service members eligible for food stamps with a monthly nutritional allowance in their military paycheck.”

“Billionaires fund California ballot measure to make voters show ID at polls Billionaires across the US are spending vast sums to support California’s Proposition 39, a measure that would require voters to show identification before casting their ballots.”

“Collins defended her record and argued that Maine had benefited from the $50bn rural health transformation fund that was appended to Trump’s signature tax cut and spending bill, the so-called Big Beautiful bill. 2.”

“Global military spending reached nearly $3tn last year, while AI is increasing uncertainty over nuclear command-and-control, the UN was told.”

“…eleased an ad saying she, too, supports the bans, while in May, eight Democrats in the US House – Kaptur included – broke with their party to vote for a bill that would require public schools receive parental consent before recognizing students as…”

“The UK’s military is too focused on global commitments at the expense of domestic defence, meaning the government’s planned increase in defence spending is likely to result in even greater waste, a thinktank report has warned.”

“Let’s not forget this is the party that hollowed out our armed forces for a decade, and whose disgraceful plan to fill the defence-spending black hole is based on targeted cuts to the poorest and most vulnerable children.”

“… pressure on the US senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, urging Americans to call what appeared to be the personal cellphone number of his fellow Republican and the chair of the Senate intelligence…”

“The government is currently spending billions of taxpayer dollars to fulfill the president’s fantasy of lining the US-Mexico border with 30ft steel bollard walls and high-tech surveillance.”