President Trump is proposing $163 billion in cuts to non-defense discretionary spending for the 2026 fiscal year in what's known as a "skinny budget" — a summary of what the White House would ...

The $163 billion cut in non-defense discretionary spending is a 22.6% reduction from current levels, according to an outline of the budget released by the White House. The proposed cuts to ...

(Mark Schiefelbein/AP) President Donald Trump this week unveiled plans for a $1 trillion defense budget next year, a massive increase that he claimed will provide the country with unmatched ...

The White House unveiled a budget blueprint Friday that would pump more money into defense and homeland security, while taking an ax to programs the Trump administration has already targeted ...

The defense budget is expected to surpass the $1 trillion threshold overall for the first time, reaching $1.01 trillion. That includes $892.6 billion in discretionary spending, which will be ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is asking Congress for a national defense budget of $892.6 billion for fiscal year 2026, flat compared to 2025 spending. The budget ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.