Briana Reilly

Pentagon leaders plan to roll out their recommended cuts to military spending alongside their budget request for fiscal 2026, the Defense Department indicated in a newly released letter to Congress.  The letter, addressed to House Armed Services Chair Mike D. Rogers, […]

A leading Democrat member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, fresh off a trip to Ukraine, charged Monday that President Donald Trump’s halt of U.S. military aid and intelligence sharing with Kyiv is “weakening” its position in talks with Russia

A handful of GOP lawmakers called on two members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to maintain the United States’ “powerful posture” in Eastern Europe, arguing that a robust American presence is critical to curbing aggression from Russia and other adversaries.

Pete Hegseth returned to Capitol Hill for another round of meetings with Republican senators Thursday as he worked to shore up support for his selection to be President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense, a bid that appeared increasingly tenuous.  Meanwhile,

Leading defense authorizers say they hope to move swiftly on a top legislative priority — the annual, must-pass defense policy bill — when Congress returns to town in a month and a half.  “We have to be ready when we

President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the U.S. is providing Ukraine a total of $7.9 billion in defense aid, a commitment he described as a “surge in security assistance” that — coupled with expanded F-16 fighter jet pilot training and

With the exclusion of nearly $2 billion for a major naval effort from the bipartisan stopgap spending bill, lawmakers have effectively punted a decision on the Virginia-class submarine program. The omission, lawmakers said Tuesday, gives defense hawks on the Hill