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 ...

One of the main ideas behind military diplomacy is that increased defence spending acts as a deterrent to future conflicts. The nuclear arms race between the US and Soviet Union during the cold war ...

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

Senate Republicans are nearing a vote to slash more than $1. 6 trillion in government spending over a decade within President ...

The existing tax rates and brackets would become permanent under the bill. It temporarily would add new tax breaks that Trump ...

CIA Director John Ratcliffe told skeptical U.S. lawmakers that American military strikes destroyed Iran's lone metal ...

North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis will not seek reelection after President Donald Trump threatened to seek and support a ...

A jury will begin deliberations on Monday over the fate of Sean “Diddy” Combs after hearing wildly differing views from ...

Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday about President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," Iran and immigration.

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 ...

The GOP-led Senate agreed to begin a floor debate likely to go overnight and end with a final vote. The outcome still remains uncertain.

The move came during a marathon weekend session marked by political drama, division and lengthy delays as Democrats sought to ...