The senators say the one-time increase won't have the lasting effect of a permanent addition to the defense budget.

Sen. Susan Collins criticized parts of President Donald Trump's 2026 budget proposal Friday and said the Senate spending committee that she chairs has set an "aggressive" hearing schedule to learn ...

Senators expressed concern with a military budget they said was far too scant, and one objected to the plan’s gutting of vital programs, including one that offers home heating assistance for the poor.

Although the 2026 budget will be the first to provide more than $1 trillion for the Pentagon, three prominent Senate ...

Hogg and his fellow extremists are in a hurry to drive out their older, less extreme, and more establishment members for a ...

Susan Collins criticized parts of President ... for real growth in the military's base budget," Wicker said. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense ...

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Four prominent defense hawks on Capitol Hill on Friday slammed President Trump’s 2026 budget request as inadequate, arguing ...

Tillis's willingness to take the blame for blocking one of the president's nominees threatens to sour his standing in ...

Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine; Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky; and Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi − who respectively chair the powerful appropriations and defense committees – say the one-time ...

Susan Collins (R) is always predicted to face ... Republicans have only one open seat to defend: Sen. Mitch McConnell’s in Kentucky, a state Trump won by more than 30 points.