Lawmakers rip into defense secretary over flat Pentagon budget

US lawmakers criticize Pentagon chief for not submitting fiscal year 2026 budget request

Delay is 'absolutely unacceptable,' Rep. Mike Rogers tells Pete Hegseth - Anadolu Ajansı

Over to Congress to Provide for the Common Defense in 2026

As additional details of the 2026 defense budget request slowly emerge from the White House Office and Management and Budget (OMB), Congress has now taken the reigns in developing spending legislation while also strongly encouraging Pentagon leadership to submit the full request and all the justification documents that explain program and project level requirements. As the process shifts to Congress, questions from House and Senate appropriators…

Lawmakers rip into defense secretary over flat Pentagon budget

The Pentagon is counting on one-time funds from a reconciliation bill to fund investments in shipbuilding and missile defense.

The Worst Pentagon Budget Process We’ve Ever Seen - Taxpayers for Common Sense

At Taxpayers for Common Sense, we’ve been analyzing Pentagon budgets for 30 years and seen a lot of gimmicks and hijinks, but the Fiscal Year 2026 budget process takes the cake. It is a total Charlie Foxtrot. Here’s the tale of the tape. On June 9, the House Appropriations Committee leadership released draft text of its FY2026 Pentagon spending bill, also known as the Defense Appropriations Act, along with a summary of the package that actually …

Pentagon Calls Shipbuilding a Top Priority, But Congress Says Budget Falls Short

The Department of Defense has placed shipbuilding at the heart of its FY2026 strategy, pledging $5.9 billion to revitalize the U.S. maritime industrial base amid growing concerns over China’s naval...