Total end-strength figures from FY 2023 to FY 2026. (US Department of Defense) The US Department of Defense (DoD) budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2026 calls for an increase in end strength of ...

Nato leaders agreed to ramp up defence spending to 5% of their countries’ economic output by 2035 at a summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25. US president Donald Trump, who has spent months ...

On the one hand, increased military spending would make Europe safe from Russia and independent from America, at last ...

US Senate Republicans pushed President Donald Trump's sweeping tax cut and spending bill forward on Sunday in a marathon ...

Europe’s 5% NATO defence pledge masks widespread accounting tricks, spending inefficiencies, and a growing gap between ambition and capability.

In our news wrap Sunday, the Senate began debating Trump’s tax and spending cuts bill as Republicans hope to pass it by July ...

The U.S. Senate version of President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill will add $3.3 trillion to the nation's ...

Major headlines emphasize NATO’s defense spending surge while sidelining the rhetoric of deterrence— raising questions about ...

NATO members pledged this week to spend 5% of GDP. The U.S. is lagging behind substantially.

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

Higher defence spending will weaken European governments' credit profiles unless they are able to cut spending elsewhere or increase their revenues, ratings agency Scope said on Friday.

In the event of a major crisis or conflict in the region, Australia would not presently be able to defend itself for a ...