The Senate, after a tie-breaking vote cast by Vice President Vance, has passed a massive budget reconciliation policy bill that, among numerous other provisions, includes $150 billion for the Defense ...

Funding included in the bill would go toward shipbuilding, the Golden Dome homeland missile defense project, munitions and ...

US President Donald Trump has submitted a trillion-dollar FY26 defence budget, which will now head for debate and approval.

The following are topline summaries of the Department of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget that were released on June 25, ...

Hegseth said the 2026 budget request reflects a 13% increase for investing in national defense over the current fiscal year. Sen. Patty Murray , D-Wash., then questioned Hegseth's leadership.

But top Republicans on Friday said the actual budget documents only indicate a plan to fund national defense at $892.6 billion, roughly in line with recent defense budgets under former President ...

Trump's budget calls for boosting military spending by 13% to more than $1 trillion, but defense hawks say this is not what it appears to be.

For national defense, the blueprint proposes $1.011 trillion in discretionary budget authority, of which 95 percent would be spent by the Pentagon.

The skinny budget release indicates the Pentagon intends to provide a 3.8% boost to pay for service members, fund Trump’s proposed Golden Dome homeland missile defense program, increase spending ...

WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is asking Congress for a national defense budget of $892.6 billion for fiscal year 2026, flat compared to 2025 spending.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is asking Congress for a national defense budget of $892.6 billion for fiscal year 2026, flat compared to 2025 spending. The budget request ...

The U.S. Defense Department’s 2024 China Military Power Report estimated that China’s 2024 military budget was publicly understated by at least 40–90 percent.