Tag: Defense Spending

Balding Russian President Vladimir Putin sits in blue suit.

Beltway Confidential

Russia surges defense spending as the West dithers

Ani Chkhikvadze · October 2, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump talks with reporters on the South Lawn Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, in Washington, after greeting China's President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews.

Congress is hiding Trump’s $45 billion Iran war bill until after you vote

Jose Navarro · September 30, 2026 7:00 am

The U.S. Capitol and a mock-up of President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch.

GOP congressman raises concerns over funding for Trump’s arch

Claire Carter · September 21, 2026 2:42 pm

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during the annual New York State Financial Control Board meeting

We spend a lot more on welfare than bombs. And that’s a problem

David Harsanyi · September 4, 2026 2:00 pm

President Trump in an interview said he wanted to make South Korea pay for the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, system being installed in South Korea.

To rearm, the military needs much more than money

Tom Rogan · September 3, 2026 8:00 am

Secretary Hegseth and leadership from Oshkosh observe integrated assembly line during facility tour (Business Wire).

Six-month Iran war puts pressure on the Pentagon’s procurement transformation to meet the ‘1939 moment’

Mike Brest · August 29, 2026 2:00 pm

US missile launches a land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea.

Isolationists are delusional — and maximalists are blind

Tom Rogan · August 20, 2026 6:00 am

War Secretary Pete Hegseth

Hegseth pushes for $1.5 trillion defense spending package during Joint Base Lindsey Graham ceremony

Claire Carter · August 10, 2026 1:58 pm

Burnham Trump

Beltway Confidential

Andy Burnham’s top Cabinet pick is good news for the special relationship

Tom Rogan · July 21, 2026 12:32 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a news conference at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Defense industrial base goes into overdrive for US and European production

Mike Brest · July 11, 2026 5:00 am

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Mark Carney says Trump has ‘won the argument’ on NATO defense spending

Brady Knox · July 8, 2026 3:07 pm

Trump in the Oval.

Trump heads to NATO summit weighing penalties on allies not meeting defense spending dues

Mabinty Quarshie · July 7, 2026 5:00 am