President Obama signed the $1.1 trillion spending bill late Tuesday funding most of the government through 2015. The legislation has been dubbed the “Cromnibus” because it provides long-term funding including in 11 of the 12 regular appropriations bills, including the Defense Department. However, it only funds the Department of Homeland Security through February 2015, leaving room for more debate over Obama’s controversial executive action last month regarding undocumented immigrants. For the Defense Department, the bill includes $490 billion in base spending and another $64 billion in overseas contingency funds. It also includes funding to continue fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria and to combat Ebola in Africa.
NASA Boss: Race to Moon Has National Security Stakes
Sept. 15, 2026
NASA is pushing hard to get astronauts back to the moon by 2028—and the urgency is driven in no small part by the national security implications of doing so before China does, Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sept. 15.
