Latest "pentagon spending" stories

Congress passes budget with defense boost, $13.6 billion in Ukraine aid

Senate lawmakers finalized a $1.5 trillion spending bill late Thursday that provides $13.6 billion in new aid for Ukraine and gives funding stability for the Defense Department for the rest of the fiscal year.

By Leo Shane III and Joe Gould

13 months ago

Eyeing China, Biden defense budget boosts research and cuts procurement

U.S. President Joe Biden’s first budget request for the Department of Defense slashes procurement by $8 billion, whacking scores of legacy weapons and systems as a way to deliver a $5.5 billion boost for the development and testing of cutting-edge technologies that could deter China.

22 months ago

House panel isn’t giving defense industry all the COVID aid it wants

The aid falls short of the “lower double-digit billions” Pentagon officials say defense firms will claim.

3 years ago

Spending deal would avoid shutdown, give $738B to defense

Congress has a long-awaited 2020 spending deal that contains a windfall for the Defense Department.

3 years ago

Smith: Trim budget fat in America’s nuclear triad

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith says he's open to cutting back quantities of nuclear arms instead of one leg of the nation’s nuclear triad.

4 years ago

Bolton: National debt ‘threat to the society,’ forcing DoD spending to ‘flatten out’

The White House national security adviser is reaffirming 5 percent cuts at federal agencies.

4 years ago