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• Blue wave presages a defense-spending showdown

  06-11-2026 22:24 via Defense One - All Content
  
  The blue wave will have a sweeping effect on the Pentagon, from budgets to leadership to defense policy. The biggest near-term issue is the fate of the proposed reconciliation bill, which the Trump administration is counting on for $350 billion of its plans to spend $1.5 trillion on defense spending in fiscal 2027.Even before the election, some Republican lawmakers doubted their ability to pass a bill through the reconciliation process, which is rarely used for defense funding. A lame-du
  
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• State Department's push to cancel hundreds of contracts left behind a trail of mistakes, watchdog finds

  06-11-2026 22:00 via Defense One - All Content
  
  Widespread errors in State Department efforts to terminate contracts may have wasted money and exposed the agency to lawsuits, its inspector general said in a report published on Monday. Within a month of Donald Trump taking office for the second time, the department began reviewing some contracts for termination, particularly ones regarding foreign aid and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Then Trump issued an executive order directing agencies to review their contracts and grant
  
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• 'Permanent, serious' dialogue needed with China on AI: tech-focused lawmaker

  06-11-2026 19:00 via Defense One - All Content
  
  Rep. James Walkinshaw’s vision for artificial intelligence regulation includes maintaining “permanent, serious” dialogue with China to mitigate the risk that powerful AI models pose.That won’t be easy, but if the U.S. was able to maintain nuclear-disarmament dialogue with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, then the same can be said for communications with its top technology and economic competitor today, the Virginia Democrat argued Thursday at a GovExec event.Those conversations are
  
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• Defense Business Brief: The DIB vs. 2027’s Democrat-led Congress

  06-11-2026 08:41 via Defense One - All Content
  
  Newer defense companies should prepare for potential Congressional anti-corruption probes and examine ties to the Trump administration before the new Democrat-led Congress goes into session next year, said Kristina Moore, a partner with Womble Bond Dickinson law firm in Washington, D.C.Companies should take stock of their board and think about “preparedness,” which means “understanding what oversight is and is not,” Moore, who was previously a Congressional investigator and has advised c
  
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