President Donald Trump's 2027 federal budget proposal includes a historic military budget increase alongside significant cuts ...

U.S. military officials are calling for spending tens of billions of dollars in the next budget year on drones, air defense systems and fighter jets that have been a key part of fighting the Iran war.

The Defense Department wants to split its funding for the military health system to protect military facilities and care.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In addition to providing the latest numbers, SIPRI researchers also raised a concern about transparency.

In a House hearing this week, Representative Adam Smith warned against reckless military spending. Smith stated, "That's not ...

Giving the Trump administration a massive increase in funding only dials up the risk of further aggression and provocative ...

Pope Leo on Thursday decried rising European military spending, which grew ‌last year by the highest amount since the end of ...

The idea that defense spending should somehow be a consistent percentage of GDP is as fallacious as it is wasteful. Consider a recent Washington Post editorial. It oddly asserted that “Throughout the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth returned to Capitol Hill this week to promote the Trump administration’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget. The request is colossal, in both relative and absolute ...