Perhaps surprisingly and counter to popular sentiment, it is straightforward to understand how the United States spends its’ defense budget. Regardless of what the bottom line is, we can bin any modern defense budget in three broad categories:Acquisition. Acquisition for the United States is notoriously slow, mostly due to regulations that were generated by moving too rapidly in the past. The United States enjoys an all-volunteer force, and maintaining the AVF is a priority[v] both politically and operationally. Figure 1 shows the current ‘binning’ of the U.S. Defense budget in three broad categories:Figure 1: Allocation of the FY25 Defense budget along three major categories.

NationalFluoride in drinking water brings tension to Oregon citiesRobert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants fluoride out of America's drinking water. Health reporter Fenit Nirappil explains how tension over the issue has already divided some Oregon cities.

She said they went back to Los Angeles over the summer before deciding to make the move. “We’re like, ‘Let’s give it a go,’ and we were really, really lucky to find an amazing community there,” the 48-year-old said. And that’s a really, really beautiful place. 4 Larter and her family relocated from Los Angeles to Idaho at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. 4 Larter with her husband Hayes MacArthur at the “Landman” Los Angeles premiere on Nov. 12, 2024.

Gun violence becomes growing concern for transgender community At least 36 transgender or gender-expansive people were killed in the last year, the majority killed by a gun.

Who is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.? First an environmental lawyer, then a vaccine skeptic, ABC News’ Elizabeth Schulze reports on Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

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The cable news outlet could have to consider changing its name and familiar markings under a spin-off of the bulk of the cable assets of parent company Comcast.

By The Numbers: Rafael Nadal’s incredible career Few have put up numbers like Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal. Nearly 18 straight years ranked in the top 10 and 22 Grand Slam titles later, Nadal may have played his final match.

Pancakes said: That's pretty much where I'm at now with not only Jarry but the Pens as a whole. Or actually don't because tbh we could reallllly use Sullivan getting fired as well as a top 5 pick lol Click to expand... The thing about this is its easy to say ok well Jarry was shit - That is the easiest thing to say about any game Jarry starts in these days. Usually this team played tighter in front of Ned and looser in front of Jarry. So with Ned, they allow fewer shots - 27.7 shots per 60 is 9th in the league, still lose.37th is worse than Anaheim - Dead last34.5 is worse than Anaheim

WorldMother of Hong Kong pro-democracy leader: He's a good personEmotions ran high Nov. 19 for family members of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy activists, as the city’s court sentenced 45 of them to prison terms of up to 10 years.

via Associated PressSince 29 September this year, our moon has had a tiny neighbour. Asteroid 2024 PT5 was first discovered in August of this year by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System. The researchers said the asteroid, which entered Earth’s orbit a few weeks ago, would provide a “two-month mini-moon” that’s set to leave our skies soon. But 2024 PT5 has been drawn in to our planet’s orbit, which is the one the moon spins around, thanks to Earth’s gravitational pull. “You may say that if a true satellite [like the moon] is like a customer buying goods inside a store, objects like 2024 PT5 are window shoppers,” Dr Carlos de la Fuente Marcos (who researched 2024 PT5) told Space.com.

A few cocktails later, give or take, we had a Republican governor, two Republican senators, and a majority Republican House delegation. “A Disillusioned State Gives Up on Democrats,” headlined a story in the New York Times the following week recapping the blue Tennessee carnage. After all, how much redder can the reddest of red states get? If we were already peak Republican, you wouldn’t see that big concentration of red there in Tennessee. For that matter, even while Tennessee Democrats held high hopes for Johnson, polls consistently showed her out of striking distance of Blackburn.

Social media firestorm over free-range kids A Georgia mom was arrested in front of her children, after her 10-year-old walked alone to the store.

Trump stands by Matt Gaetz Trump said he is not reconsidering his nomination of former Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general, despite many Republican senators calling for a House Ethics Committee report to be released.

Trump had spent the 2016 campaign vowing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. But Republicans still have two powerful reasons to pursue big changes in health care, whatever the potential political consequences. One of the ways the Affordable Care Act transformed American health care was by making sure working- and middle-class people could get private health insurance even if their employer didn’t provide health benefits, and even if they had pre-existing medical conditions. In that debate, he said he had "concepts of a plan" to replace the Affordable Care Act. The health care section of Project 2025, the governing manifesto from the right-wing Heritage Foundation, includes a block grant scheme.