The US Senate has approved a bipartisan US$925 billion defence budget for 2026, which includes US$500 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. Details: The vote has set up difficult negotiations with the House of Representatives,

On Thursday, September 9, the US Senate approved the country’s military spending for the 2026 fiscal year, which includes $500 million in aid to Ukraine, according to Bloomberg, CNN, Fox News, and other media outlets.

US military spending mocks global norms with such salacious excess that we might imagine our country as being in the throes of a perpetual addictive seizure. Our national binge has been stoked with a chaotic hodgepodge of threats that leave us jonesing for ...

US President Donald Trump floated the idea that Spain could be removed from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in his latest swipe against a chronic under-spender on defense.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president vowed Wednesday to sharply increase defense spending and build a more self-reliant military, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s “ America First” agenda raises questions about the U.S. security commitment to its Asian ally.

Trump's speech took place amid a government shutdown as military personnel work without pay and thousands of federal employees are furloughed.