Pentagon says US defense, NATO chiefs discuss need for more spending, lethality
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte discussed the alliance in a call on Wednesday, ...
Truthout2h
Tlaib: Congress Shouldn’t Be Able to Trade Military Stock and “Profit Off Death”
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has called for a ban on defense contractor stock trading within Congress, saying it’s wrong ...
Why meeting Trump's military spending target could be tough for NATO's lowest spender
Europe’s military heavyweights have already said that meeting President Donald Trump’s potential challenge to spend up to 5% ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty8d
What's Stopping NATO Countries From Boosting Defense Spending?
European countries have ramped up defense budgets since Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022. And many leaders have ...
Stars and Stripes9d
NATO defense spending set to kick into high gear, Rutte says as Trump takes office
The return of Trump will once again put European defense spending levels at the center of the United States’ approach to NATO ...
Republicans eye big defense spending boost in party-line bill
Congressional Republicans, sick of the annual push-pull with Democrats over defense and domestic spending priorities, are ...
Lithuania vows to boost defense spending to 5-6% of GDP, citing the threat of Russian aggression
Lithuania’s president says his country has made the decision to raise its spending on defense to between 5% and 6% of overall ...
The New York Times5d
Europe Is Pouring Money Into Defense. Is It Enough?
After the end of the Cold War, European military spending told a story of stability and optimism. Money flowed away from tanks and submarines and went instead to hospitals and pensions.