The House and Senate appropriations committees each approved their own versions of the Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Defense Appropriations Act in July, which means that, as lawmakers return from ...

Fiscal year (FY) 2026 begins on Wednesday, October 1, and unless Congress passes full-year appropriations for a continuing resolution (CR) before then, a government shutdown will occur. With the House ...

Philip Roberts is an intern with The Daily Signal. The Heritage Foundation unveiled a “first of its kind” online tool that analyzes and makes accessible the U.S. defense budget. The tool is available ...

A recent report by the House Select Committee on the CCP issued a startling warning: U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) funding has routinely sponsored research conducted by institutions with deep links ...

The federal budget proposal for 2026, presented by President Donald Trump's administration, highlights a pronounced division between defense and nondefense spending. This budget plan, unveiled in May ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the chair of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, is challenging President Trump to follow up his executive order to rename the Defense Department the “War ...

In early September 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the DoD and its leaders may use the names “Department of War” and “Secretary of War” in certain contexts. The ...