White House Seeks $1.5 Trillion for Defense in New Budget Request

White House Requests Massive Defense Budget Increase, Offset By Domestic Spending Cuts

The White House requested $1.5 trillion for defense in fiscal year 2027, a 42% increase, while proposing $73 billion in cuts to domestic programs and agencies.

White House Proposes Historic $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget Amid Soaring National Debt

‘It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all of these individual things,’ the president says, adding that the federal government should focus on ‘military protection.’

White House seeks $1.5 trillion for defense in new budget request

WASHINGTON — With the United States at war with Iran and embroiled in conflicts around the world, the White House asked Congress on Friday to approve about $1.5 trillion for defense in the 2027 fiscal year. If enacted, that amount would set military spending at its highest level in modern history.

White House seeks $1.5 trillion for military spending

The White House summary says the proposal would reduce nondefense spending by $73 billion, shifting some responsibilities to state governments.

The White House just proposed $1.5 trillion for Defense funding and $1.2 billion for AI supercomputers. Nondefense R&D would be cut 10%.

The White House just proposed what the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget calls the largest year-over-year defense spending increase likely since World War II: $1.5 trillion in total budgetary resources, a $445 billion (42%) increase from FY2026. Of that, $350 billion would bypass the Senate’s 60-vote threshold entirely, routed through budget reconciliation as mandatory… The post The White House just proposed $1.5 trillion for Defense fu…

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Staff Writer Matthew Cox contributed to this report. President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking a record-breaking $1.5 trillion defense budget for fiscal 2027—and projecting a $1.28 trillion topline in 2028.  Among the top priorities the White House highlighted in its ’27 budget rollout is the Golden Dome missile defense shield, which an Office of Management and Budget official told Air & Space Forces Magazine is funded for $17.5 billi…