defense spending

Denmark increases defense spending in view of Russian long-term war

World
David Turner

MILAN — Denmark will raise its defense spending by an additional $5.1 billion over the next four years in order to speed ...

Biden signs $1.2 trillion spending package to keep government open

Politics
Amanda Smith

President Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2 trillion government funding bill to stave off a government shutdown, capping a frenetic sprint by ...

Top EU officials propose plans to boost bloc’s defense in the face of Russian threats

Politics
Amanda Smith

BRUSSELS (AP) — Top European Union officials on Tuesday outlined ambitious plans to boost its defense industry at an unprecedented pace as ...

Congressional leaders come out with 6 spending bills in a drive to avoid a partial shutdown

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders on Sunday came out with a package of six bills setting full-year spending levels for some federal ...

Liz Cheney Tears Into Donald Trump Over ‘Disgraceful’ NATO Threats

Politics
Amanda Smith

Liz Cheney says Donald Trump’s recent threats against NATO allies demonstrate a “dangerous” misunderstanding of America’s foreign diplomacy. In a Sunday interview ...

Biden calls Trump’s NATO remarks ‘un-American’

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden rebuked former President Donald Trump on Tuesday for recently saying that he would encourage Russia to attack ...

Trump’s threat to NATO allies draws little condemnation from GOP, reflecting his grip on the party

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump ‘s claim that he once told a NATO ally that he would encourage Russia “to do whatever ...

Trump says Russia could do ‘whatever the hell they want’ to NATO countries that don’t pay their share

Politics
Amanda Smith

Former President Donald Trump said Saturday he would encourage Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” if it attacked a NATO ...

Spend more on defense or Russia can ‘do whatever the hell they want’

Politics
Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — Republican front-runner Donald Trump said Saturday that, as president, he warned NATO allies that he “would encourage” Russia ...

The US debt mountain is growing so fast the government could soon be spending more on interest payments than on defense

Business
Jessica Roberts

US President Joe Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv this week.Miriam Alster/Pool Photo via AP The US’s ...