President Trump's new budget proposal asks Congress for $1.5 trillion in defense spending — a 42% increase — while cutting nondefense spending by $73 billion, or 10%.
President Trump is seeking $1.5 trillion in defense spending as part of the White House’s fiscal 2027 budget request, a roughly 40 percent increase from 2026 funding levels. The proposal released Friday said a base of $1.1 trillion will be specifically for the Department of Defense, while $350 billion will be requested through Congress’s budget…
Massive cuts to domestic programs, with higher state taxes, would bolster the spending increase
In his annual budget, President Trump is asking Congress to boost defense spending to $1.5 trillion, the largest such request in decades.
President Donald Trump is asking for an eye-popping $1.5 trillion to fund the Pentagon in his proposed budget, which was released by the White House Friday morning.
President Trump is seeking the largest military budget in this country’s modern history for 2027, even as a multitude of domestic issues—from health care to housing, to the general cost of living—continue to persist. The White House on Friday requested $1.5 trillion from Congress, which would amount to a 40 percent increase from what the Pentagon spent…
Democrats rebuke White House’s ‘bleak and unacceptable’ view of priorities after 10% cuts proposed to other programsUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDefense spending would surge to its highest level in decades under a budget proposal put forward by the Trump administration on Friday, while other government…
He’s following through on his vow to spend $1.5 trillion in fiscal 2027.
President Trump has proposed boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion in his 2027 budget released Friday, the largest such request in decades, reflecting his emphasis on U.S. military investments over domestic programs.
The White House proposes a fiscal year 2027 budget with roughly $1.5 trillion in defense spending and sweeping cuts to key domestic programs.
