HBO's Bill Maher slammed Elon Musk and DOGE for not targeting US defense spending in their effort to cut government waste, ...

The Pentagon’s budget alone is more than four times the size of China’s and nearly seven times that of Russia’s, reinforcing America’s dominance in global military power. Both countries are ...

First, he ordered the military to reallocate 8% of its budget away from low-priority items like climate change to better align with President Donald Trump’s "America First" programs. If ...

To put U.S. military spending in context, consider GDP and population shares relative to the rest of the world, as of 2013. The pie charts demonstrate that the United States accounts for a larger ...

The Albanese government has been warned it must lift its military spending significantly to keep up with US demands. Former Labor leader Kim Beazley says spending must lift to at least 3 per cent ...

China also participates in the United Nations' military expenditure transparency system, demonstrating full openness regarding the scale, structure, and basic uses of its defense budget ...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah presented the State budget for 2025-26 in the legislature today (March 7, 2025), outlining how his government plans to spend around ₹4.09 lakh crore in the ...

Trump also suggested that the U.S. might abandon its commitments to the alliance if member countries don’t meet defence spending targets ... s commitment to the military alliance was “ironclad.” ...

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He said the proportion of defense spending to China's GDP has remained below 1.5 percent for many years, lower than the world average. A military observer in Beijing who wished to be identified ...

The 27 leaders signed off on a move to loosen budget restrictions so willing EU countries can increase military spending. They also urged the European Commission, the EU’s executive branch ...

China will increase its military spending by 7.2 per cent this year, a smaller increase than some neighbouring countries. The annual budget, announced at the opening of the annual legislative ...