The Chinese Defense Ministry urged the U.S. to "break away from the obsession with hegemony at an early date." ...

U.S. military spending would reach a record high under President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's $1 ...

DOD needs additional budget topline to afford the Trump administration’s stated aims and to buy down risk in areas that it deprioritizes. The “Iron Triangle” of Budget Trade-Offs The “iron triangle” ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Khaleda by emailing [email protected] President Donald Trump has said his administration will raise the Pentagon's budget to $1 trillion ...

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Experts warn that the timing of the potential drawdown could alarm NATO allies and embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Donald Trump’s quest to slash the federal government appears to end with the Pentagon. The president announced Monday that he wants the Department of Defense to have a $1 trillion budget ...

But suggesting a $1 trillion Pentagon budget also underscores that Trump, much like his predecessors in both parties, sees extraordinary defense spending as exempt from typical considerations of ...

Their comments came as a surprise since the rollout of the federal budget isn’t expected until late May. Trump did not specify if the $1 trillion would be solely for the Pentagon or the overall ...

As federal agencies face crippling cuts and are forced to cut essential services, President Trump has announced he will seek a $1 trillion budget for the Pentagon, a record-setting number that ...

While Congress passed the Nunn-McCurdy Act in the 1980s, requiring the Pentagon to review major programs significantly over budget, the requirement has become little more than a box-checking exercise.

The Pentagon is currently undergoing a huge cost-cutting initiative. A recent memo from Secretary Hegseth identified a software contract running $280 million over budget to be terminated.