NATO countries are using creative math to meet the U.S. president’s demand to more than double annual spending, partly by ...

The U.S. defense secretary expressed optimism that allied countries would increase their defense budgets, a demand of ...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is using President Trump’s legislative agenda to “secretly explode” the Pentagon’s budget by adding $150 billion in military spending onto ...

At a hearing with Army leaders, Republicans joined Democrats in appealing for clarity on Trump’s plans for the military. They ...

The spending plan for Veterans Affairs next year is up significantly from current levels but is about $1 billion less than ...

The British government is about to outline the biggest increase in defense spending since the end of the Cold War as it seeks ...

The Trump administration on Friday unveiled more details of the president’s vision for how to fund the government in fiscal year 2026, expanding on its request earlier this month for steep ...

When the Trump administration cut federal funding to Harvard University, it abruptly ended an estimated $180 million that the ...

The United States spends nearly $1 trillion on global military operations. Increasing the overall spending threshold to 5 percent would bring NATO’s collective defense spending to $2.4 trillion ...

Globally, military spending accounted for 2.5% of GDP. Among the top-spending nations, the figure was 3.4% in the United States, an estimated 1.7% in China, and an estimated 7.1% in Russia.

Sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox. The “One Big, Beautiful Bill”, a budget-reconciliation bill designed ...

Last week, Moody’s Ratings lowered the United States credit rating ... However, it increases spending in other areas, most notably military spending. According to the Committee for a Responsible ...