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Global military spending surges on insecurity: report
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Global military spending surges on insecurity: report

  • Johannes LEDEL AFP
  • Updated Apr 27, 2026

Global military spending reached nearly $2.9 trillion in 2025, marking an 11th consecutive year of growth, researchers said Monday, as insecurity and rearmament fuelled defence budgets.

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'Valley of death:' Defense contractors urge Congress to cut red tape

  • By Brett Rowland | The Center Square
  • Jun 14, 2025

(The Center Square) – Defense contractors are urging Congress to cut red tape, ditch byzantine rules, and eliminate duplicative reviews to exp…

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Defense budget lacks specificity as DOD lives on stopgap funding

  • By Morgan Sweeney | The Center Square
  • Jun 10, 2025

(The Center Square) – A House Appropriations subcommittee held an often tense hearing over the fiscal year 2026 defense budget Tuesday morning…

NATO closes in on agreement to meet Trump's spending demand
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NATO closes in on agreement to meet Trump's spending demand

  • MOHD RASFAN
  • Jun 5, 2025

'Every country has to contribute at that level of five percent,' Pete Hegseth tolds his NATO counterparts in Brussels

NATO closes in on agreement to meet Trump's spending demand
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NATO closes in on agreement to meet Trump's spending demand

  • NICOLAS TUCAT
  • Jun 5, 2025

'Countries in there are well exceeding two percent,' Pete Hegseth said after meeting NATO colleagues

NATO closes in on agreement to meet Trump's spending demand
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NATO closes in on agreement to meet Trump's spending demand

  • Max DELANY AFP
  • Jun 5, 2025

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Thursday that NATO allies were close to a deal on spending ahead of a summit later this month, in a …

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Watchdog finds billions in potential savings via Medicare, Head Start reforms

  • By Thérèse Boudreaux | The Center Square
  • May 23, 2025

(The Center Square) – A new Government Accountability Office report shows the federal government could potentially save tens of billions of ta…

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Is NATO set to agree spending 5% of GDP on defence? Not quite

  • AFP AFP
  • May 19, 2025

NATO countries look on course to agree a deal on ramping up their defence spending target at a summit in The Hague next month in a bid to sati…

National News

Defense hawks take aim at military funding in Trump's budget

  • By Brett Rowland | The Center Square
  • May 2, 2025

(The Center Square) – Top Republican defense hawks are concerned about President Donald Trump's plans for military spending after Friday's rel…

National News

Trump, Hegseth look to boost defense spending to $1 trillion a year

  • By Brett Rowland | The Center Square
  • Apr 8, 2025

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth want more money for the U.S military. 

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