Pentagon to unveil cuts alongside fiscal 2026 budget request
Yet to be seen is the impact of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency assessment of Defense Department spending.
Military leaders warn of risks to armed forces’ readiness in temporary funding bill
Military service leaders are telling senators that passing a temporary budget that keeps defense spending largely flat will ...
Stars and Stripes20h
Senate passes stopgap funding bill with $6B in military spending, averting shutdown
The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill that averts a government shutdown and provides $6 billion in new spending for ...
Congress and DOGE Can Find Spending Cuts at the Department of Defense
The growing distance between the United States and its allies in NATO is an overdue nudge to European nations to start paying ...
Defense News on MSN1d
Senate confirms Trump’s pick for deputy secretary of defense
The Senate voted Friday to confirm Stephen Feinberg, a billionaire investor, as the deputy secretary of defense, instilling ...
DOD says it’s found $80 million in waste to trim from Pentagon budget with help from DOGE
The Department of Defense officials and members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team have identified about $80 million in fat – so far – ...
What Does a Shutdown Have to Do With the Budget or Elon Musk? Here’s a Guide.
By design, budget reconciliation mostly addresses the parts of federal spending that are not part of the appropriations ...
China will increase its defense budget 7.2% this year
China says it will increase its defense budget 7.2% this year as it continues its campaign to build a larger, more modern ...