Agenda Spending Totals

Europe readies for scattergun defence-spend bonanza

Sickly economies and budgetary pressures likely to hit proposals and any increase will be thinly spread

Financial Times - Jan. 4

Microsoft expects to spend $80 billion on AI-enabled data centers over next 12 months

Microsoft plans to spend $80 billion in fiscal 2025 on the construction of data centers that can handle artificial intelligence workloads, the company said in a Friday blog post.

NBC News - Jan. 3

Bacon knocks Musk over spending bill claims: 'What he said was not true'

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) criticized Elon Musk on Thursday over false claims he levied against a proposed year-end funding package last month, successfully torpedoing the bill and forcing Congress to ...

The Hill - Jan. 3

Helping boomers spend their retirement funds is harder than it sounds

Worries about running out of money makes people frugal and wary of taking any big pension decisions

Financial Times - Jan. 3

Why Johnson's perilous moment threatens Trump's agenda

Conservatives are already making a bevy of demands, which centrists fear would cause further chaos this year.

Politico - Jan. 3

Syrians accuse rulers of imposing Islamist agenda in new curriculum

Critics fear rebel-backed government is pushing religious vision on to what has long been a secular country

Financial Times - Jan. 3

Trump uses New Orleans attack to push security and border agenda

President-elect blames US military veteran’s alleged terror act on Biden’s immigration policy

Financial Times - Jan. 2

Ron Johnson: Reducing 'out of control' government spending is not only 'reasonable but doable'

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) doubled down on a conservative plan to reduce government spending with new proposals outlined in an op-ed published by The Wall Street Journal. “Federal spending is out of ...

The Hill - Jan. 2

Here's what to know about Medicare's new spending cap

This year, a new spending cap on medication goes into effect for the first time for people on Medicare. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Celine Gounder explains its impact.

CBS News - Jan. 2

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