The White House made official Friday that President Donald Trump wants the first ever $1 trillion defense budget.

(Mark Schiefelbein/AP) The Trump administration is requesting a $892.6 billion base defense budget for the upcoming fiscal year, an overall cut when adjusted for inflation and far below the $1 ...

The intelligence community is quietly undergoing structural changes as agencies tackle government bloat, reorganize ...

China just released its 2025 defense budget—and the figures merit skepticism. During the Cold War, the United States never trusted its adversaries’ claims about their capabilities. Instead, it ...

The discretionary budget excludes spending on Medicare and Medicaid, as well as Social Security and interest on the debt. The defense budget is expected to surpass the $1 trillion threshold ...

Four prominent defense hawks on Capitol Hill on Friday slammed President Trump’s 2026 budget request as inadequate, arguing it would freeze defense funding for the second year in a row at a time ...

The Republican leaders of the Senate and House Armed Services committees were critical of top-line defense spending proposals outlined by President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday ...

Three top Senate Republicans say President Donald Trump's budget proposal falls short of his promises to boost U.S. military spending. Under the president's discretionary request, the Defense ...