Defense officials argued the spending request should also include another spending bill in Congress, which would bring the ...

The administration's commitment to reconciliation is what led the DoD to be so confident in putting so many capabilities in the bill," a defense official said.

Servicemembers are poised to receive a 3.8% pay increase in FY 2026 under the draft defense appropriations bill advanced by ...

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And though spending in South Korea went up only 1.4% in 2024, Seoul has the “highest military burden in East Asia,” at 2.6% of GDP, the institute said.

An appendix for budget documents released last week shows a total of around $26.3 billion requested for the Space Force in fiscal 2026 for personnel, procurement, operations and maintenance, as ...

Increase the military budget to $1 trillion would complicate the administration’s stated aim of reducing the budget deficit, and of slashing billions from federal spending through DOGE.

As for Beijing, according to Eaglin, its military budget has increased roughly 9% a year over the last three decades, and her research shows that it is as much as three times higher than publicly ...

Senior Trump administration officials promised they would push through a roughly $1 trillion military budget for the coming year, even as the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency ...