White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought today defended the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2026 request for defense spending, which senior Senate Republicans say is built around a “gimmick” that amounts to a flat topline that does not keep pace with inflation. At issue is the fact that President Trump’s FY-26 request for national defense spending is being touted by OMB as $1 trillion, but only because the White House is factoring in about $120 billion in...
