President demands curbs to shareholder returns and pay but also holds out prospect of military spending bonanza

Trump said in a Truth Social post on Wednesday that he had decided to raise the US's military budget in 2027 from $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion. "This will allow us to build the 'Dream Military' that we have long been entitled to and, more importantly, that will keep us SAFE and SECURE, regardless of foe," Trump said.

Global defense stocks climbed on Thursday after President Donald Trump called for a substantial increase in the U.S. military budget, fueling a fresh rally amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.

A US military assault on Greenland for the purposes of annexation is unlikely, Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said during her annual press conference in Rome on Friday. "I do not believe in the hypothesis that the United States will launch military action on Greenland - an option that I would not support,

Denmark and its NATO allies pushed back Tuesday after Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller claimed the U.S. has a right to Greenland and did not rule out use of American military force to seize it.

Multiple airstrikes hit various sites in Venezuela as helicopters were spotted flying through the capital city of Caracas.

Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine provides details about the high-stakes military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that was planned for months.

President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American co

Pentagon reporting on military suicide rates is usually released each fall. Right now, it remains unpublished, with no explanation.

In 2025, artificial intelligence moved from pilot projects to practical use across the U.S. military. From Army intel and predictive maintenance to Navy undersea operations, Marine Corps command-and-control,

U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed increase in defense spending for 2027 is unlikely to be offset by savings or revenues and would have a negative impact on already large U.S. fiscal deficits, said an analyst at Moody's Ratings.