The Defense Department will not deliver Congress a topline budget projection for fiscal year 2027 or future years, according to a senior defense official who said today that the Pentagon is planning for a similar $1 trillion topline next year unless President Trump changes his mind. “That has obviously been an active discussion,” said the senior defense official, who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity. “The president has set a $1 trillion defense budget so that’s what we did...
