Latest Defense Spending News & Updates

Washington, Jan 25 (IANS) The United States has made clear that its allies must shoulder a greater share of global defence responsibilities as Washington refocuses its military priorities on defending the homeland and deterring China in the Indo-Pacific, according to the 2026 National Defense Strategy.The strategy states that while America’s alliances remain essential, they can no longer function on the basis of dependency. “Our allies will do so not as a favor to us, but out of their own in…

Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) A prominent American daily has laid out what it describes as the “20 best things” President Donald Trump did in 2025, arguing that the scale of his actions in the opening phase of his second term goes beyond a conventional year-end accounting.A Washington Post column, written by Marc A. Thiessen and published under the banner “The 20 best things Trump did in 2025,” says Trump has had “such a consequential start to his second term” that “my normal list of 10…