The president’s proposal for a $600 billion increase comes as his administration pushes for American imperialism.

Global defense stocks climbed on Thursday after President Donald Trump called for a substantial increase in the U.S. military ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed setting U.S. military spending at $1.5 trillion in 2027, ...

The "troubled and dangerous" state of the world required a massive hike in the amount the America spends on defense, ...

The Republican president has long lobbied for increased defense spending and has announced a raft of new Pentagon projects.

President Donald Trump has called for US defence spending to be increased to $1.5tn (£1.1tn) in 2027 for what he called ...

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that after negotiations with U.S. senators and political representatives, he has determined that the military budget for next year should be $1.5 trillion. "I ...

He said that the raised budget would secure the country during "very troubled and dangerous times." ...

Defense stocks pay relatively high dividends, but there are alternative areas of the market for investors to consider if they ...

There have been times in the past couple of decades when people have wondered what US defense spending is for.