Budget

House defense appropriators on Monday released their $831.5 billion fiscal year 2026 defense spending bill, which arrives as the White House has yet to submit a detailed budget request but […]

House appropriators on Sunday evening released a proposed funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that would hack 35 percent from the Coast Guard’s troubled Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) […]

By next year, the U.S. Air Force has wanted to retire its U-2 Dragon Lady surveillance aircraft by Lockheed Martin [LMT], yet the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel wants to […]

The surge Defense Department equipment and personnel to the southern border to help staunch the flow of illegal crossings and related activity has played an important role in the Trump […]

To help it meet President Trump’s directive for the U.S. government to achieve operational control of the southern border, the acting Coast Guard Commandant said he changed plans for one […]

Top Senate defense appropriator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday the Trump administration’s defense budget outline, which factors in planned reconciliation spending to achieve a $1 trillion topline, “fails” to meet […]

The Trump administration’s outline for a $1 trillion defense budget for fiscal year 2026 received swift pushback from senior Republican lawmakers for the decision to include anticipated reconciliation funds to […]

The Trump administration last Friday released the broad outlines of its fiscal year 2026 funding budget request, proposing a 65 percent increase for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that […]

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday approved its portion of a Republican reconciliation bill that includes more than $22 billion in funding for the Coast Guard, most of […]

The House committee that oversees policies for the Coast Guard is recommending $15 billion be added to the service’s account for acquiring ships and vessels, including more than $8 billion […]