Pentagon unveils $961B budget request: Fund for Golden Dome, missiles and drones, fewer F-35 jets

The Pentagon just dropped a massive $961 billion budget proposal, with $848.3 billion up for discretionary spending. The big takeaways? Fewer F-35 jets are on the shopping list, but there’s more cash flowing into drones and missile systems—plus a mysterious line item for something called the "Golden Dome." (No, it’s not a sports arena—details are still fuzzy.)