In 2023, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the U.S. government spent $916 billion on "defense," which was more than the

The defense secretary has told senior leaders to prepare to trim 8 percent from the budget over each of the next five years, officials said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military services to identify $50 billion in programs that could be cut next year in order to redirect those savings to fund President Donald Trump’s pr