Top Senate Republicans Question White House’s $1 Trillion 2026 Defense Budget Proposal

Sen. Roger Wicker objects to what he sees as White House cuts to the defense budget in the reconciliation bill.

An aerial view of the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Aug. 12, 2018. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The White House on May 2 shared a $1 trillion military budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 and some congressional Republicans have said the funding doesn’t quite add up.

White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought sent a letter to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) that laid out the 2026 budget. Vought told Collins, the Senate Appropriations Committee chair, that the plan provides a 13 percent increase in the military budget, bringing the total to $1.01 trillion.