The White House has received the Pentagon’s review of plans to defeat the ISIL group, after President Donald Trump demanded that top brass find additional ways to destroy the ‘jihadists’ in Syria and Iraq, an official said Monday. One of Trump’s central campaign pledges was to quicken the fight against ...
President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal includes a substantial $54 billion dollar increase in defense spending, with corresponding cuts in foreign assistance and other non-military spending. Highlighting what Trump has described as a “public safety and national security budget,” the plan raises national defense spending — already the highest in ...