The Constitution is clear on this point: providing for the common defense is the exclusive responsibility of the federal government. It’s time America’s leaders put America first and lead.

Activism / On a day that the president spent millions of tax dollars to celebrate his ego, millions of Americans protested his flailing rule. John Nichols Milwaukee—Donald Trump’s increasingly ...

Part II: Preambles The band of brothers that met in Philadelphia to draft a fresh Constitution shared one thing in common: They were children of the Enlightenment. It didn't matter where they came ...

A tax-limitation balanced budget amendment would give the ultimate force of law to a balanced budget ...

“At home, we should use our military only when requested to do so, on very rare occasions, by state governors,” Mattis is quoted as saying.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants the Pentagon to tone any commemoration of Juneteenth way, way down, in keeping with his anti-diversity crusade. Hegseth’s office requested the Department of ...

As additional details of the 2026 defense budget request slowly emerge from the OMB, Congress has taken the reigns in developing spending legislation while also encouraging Pentagon leadership to ...

News about Defense Budget, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Emmanuel Macron has a message for the rest of Europe - the Rafale fighter jet is calling. The French President's quirky X post Friday afternoon featured an Apple iPhone with an incoming call from ...

The military must remain nonpartisan. America depends on it The soldiers who cheered partisan applause lines at Fort Bragg, and their leaders, erred in a spectacular way.

Critics warn that the president's decision to mobilize Guard troops over the California governor's objections sets a "troubling precedent." ...