Hegseth Grilled on Defense Spending as Iran War Drags On

Hegseth Refused to Say If Parents Should Drop Child Care to Fund Military Budget

The budget “will ensure the US continues to maintain the world’s most powerful and capable military,” he said.

Hegseth Grilled on Defense Spending as Iran War Drags On

Lawmakers with oversight of Pentagon spending pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the growing costs of the Iran war, as President Donald Trump suggested a fragile ceasefire with Tehran could break down.

LIVE NOW: Hegseth Testifies at House Defense Budget Hearing

The House Appropriations Committee holds a Department of Defense budget hearing at 8 a.m. ET on May 12. Witnesses: Pete Hegseth, secretary of defense, Department of Defense Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense Jules W. Hurst III, acting assistant secretary of defense (comptroller), Department of Defense ...

DoW Spending Spurs Industrial Base Investments

MAY 13, 2026 – War Department investments in the fiscal year 2026 budget and promised in the FY27 budget have heartened companies within the defense industrial base to invest in their own capabilities and to grow their capacity to produce. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth appeared on Capitol Hill today in back-to-back testimonies before defense subcommittees of both the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. The sec…

U.S. Department of War says multiyear procurement plans are driving new defense industry investments

Pete Hegseth appeared before defense subcommittees of both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees alongside Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Jules W. Hurst III, performing the duties of the Department of War comptroller. The officials testified regarding the administration’s proposed fiscal year 2027 defense budget. Hegseth told lawmakers that the administration’s proposed defense budget would continue expanding mili…