Joe Gould

Trump’s budget also proposes an end to Obama’s signature counterterrorism training program, amid criticism from Capitol Hill it was too broad to be effective.

A day before the Trump White House is set to announce a 2018 federal budget proposal with $603 billion for national security, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry dissed that number as “basically the Obama approach.” At $603 billion, it would exceed Obama administration projections by $18.5 billion.

Hawkish U.S. lawmakers believe the Pentagon needs a major boost above President Trump’s budget, but it’s unlikely Congress will oblige this year.

U.S. lawmakers worry the growing controversy over alleged Russian ties to the Trump administration is threatening to consume Congress — with federal spending on defense and the GOP’s agenda hanging in the balance.

US President Donald Trump missed his campaign promise to offer a bill to “eliminate the defense sequester” within the first 100 days of his administration, but hawkish Republican lawmakers are pressing ahead.

Supporters see more troops in the war zone as a step toward victory. Critics worry it’ll restart another major fight.

National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster is discussing the administration’s anti-Islamic State strategy to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in an off-the-record meeting Wednesday.

The U.S. Senate has approved the nomination of former congresswoman Heather Wilson to become the secretary of the U.S. Air Force.

The Senate on Thursday voted to send the overdue 2017 federal spending package to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it. The bill funds the government through September.

The U.S. House approved spending legislation through September, with a $15 billion bump for defense, expected to sail though the Senate to the president’s desk.