“Tuesday’s election was great for Democrats. It was bad for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and some of the White House’s most ambitious national security projects,” Axios reports.“Republicans have relied on a simple-majority funding mechanism known as reconciliation to pay for marquee projects like Golden Dome. That option is now a long shot over the next few months, and impossible after that.”“Outrage over the Iran war, well beyond the half-year mark, is sure to turbocharge a long list of congressional inquiries.”