Budget
No-bid White House contract awarded for ballroom construction to tune of $500 b.
US President Donald Trump was directly involved in negotiating some costs for the ballroom, A Washington Post report said.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveils £15 billion UK defense plan as legacy project
Your Investments: Getting back to basics for a secure financial future
Pentagon tells US lawmakers it needs $80 billion for Iran war costs, other bills - report
Our money, their shares: A way to return funds to the public - opinion
Is the government’s role solely to stimulate growth and employment, or also to ensure that the public becomes a full partner in the profits of hi-tech success?
The state of the Israeli economy - opinion
One major difficulty when evaluating Israel’s current economic situation is the lack of concrete data about the government’s operational plans regarding the war in Gaza.
Your Investments: Don’t let summer heat burn your finances
Start planning and saving well in advance of the summer so that the sudden expenses don’t send you scrambling to try and find the money to pay for them.
The price of conflict: Israel's economy has barely survived over a year of war, experts say
The general consensus of the conference was that Israel is only able to survive and thrive thanks to its national resilience and spirit of mutual responsibility.
Israel's forests burn while gov't continues to underfund Fire and Rescue Authority
Our forests are burning, yet the government is stoking the conflagration by cutting budgets.
Teachers' Union strike negotiations ends after agreement reached
This follows earlier reports of the Teachers' Union rejecting the compromise proposal to shorten the planned strike from three hours to just one hour.
Trump’s 2026 budget request includes plans for an Israeli-inspired ‘Golden Dome for America’
It’s part of Trump’s proposal for a massive $113 billion increase in Department of Defense spending, a jump of 13%, amid widespread cuts elsewhere.
‘You are being incited with lies’: Smotrich denies Finance Ministry responsible for teacher pay cuts
Smotrich claimed there were necessary budget cuts across multiple sectors as a result of the war's growing cost.
Almost half of Israelis do not think you can remove Hamas and release hostages - poll
Israel Democracy Institute found that 68% of respondents would prioritize returning the hostages, compared to 25% who would prioritize toppling Hamas.
Where priorities lie: Israel's largest-ever budget clogged by political patronage
The Jerusalem Dispatch Podcast with Elliot Jager and Calev Ben-David.
