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The Iran War’s $47 Billion Bill Still Doesn’t Cover The Bases

Follow the MoneyOctober 28, 2026 at 12:18 PM EDTBy Jared Mejia

A new military estimate counts weapons, equipment and operations. Damage to US bases remains outside the total.

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The Investors Have A Smaller Bucket

Follow the MoneyOctober 28, 2026 at 10:21 AM EDTBy Margaret Mayakovsky

Britain’s spending watchdog warns that Sizewell C puts enormous potential overruns on the public. The financing deserves its own scrutiny.

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The Donors Know What The Railroad Commission Does

Follow the MoneyOctober 28, 2026 at 7:14 AM EDTBy Jared Mejia

Texas’s oil-and-gas regulator race is drawing serious money. The campaign totals make more sense when you read the agency’s job description.

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The Transparency Law Has An Invisibility Rule

Follow the MoneyOctober 27, 2026 at 9:18 PM EDTBy Jared Mejia

A coalition of states and D.C. is suing over the administration's corporate-ownership reporting rollback. Treasury calls it burden relief; the challengers say an agency cannot repeal a law by exemption.

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The Ads Are Airing. The Receipts Are Offline.

Follow the MoneyOctober 27, 2026 at 9:18 PM EDTBy Jimmy (Jim) Ayers

A cyberattack has disrupted the FEC's electronic filing system during the final campaign-spending rush. This is a disclosure problem, not a voting-system failure. The distinction matters, and so does the missing visibility.