President Donald Trump is traveling to Ankara, Turkey, for the annual NATO summit this week, where he will focus on enforcing defense spending pledges that alliance members made at last year's summit in response to his demands.
Canada is set to announce Monday the winner of a high-stakes competition to build 12 new submarines for the Royal Canadian Navy, as the country faces strained relations with the United States under President Trump and domestic calls for increased military spending.
The Trump administration has formally requested $87.6 billion in supplemental funding from Congress, with the majority designated to replenish Pentagon accounts depleted by the U.S. war with Iran. The request also includes $11.1 billion for U.S. farmers and funding for Ebola outbreak response, but faces strong opposition from lawmakers who recently voted to limit Trump's war powers.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that Asian allies must ramp up defense spending to counter China's military buildup, while striking a measured tone on US-China relations and reassuring partners about American commitment to the region.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified before Congress that the ongoing U.S.-Iran war has cost approximately $29 billion so far, while requesting at least $1.5 trillion in additional military funding to maintain U.S. military capabilities.
Poland's defense minister urged NATO countries to reach the alliance's 5% GDP defense spending target by 2030, five years ahead of the previous 2035 timeline, amid growing concerns about European security and US troop withdrawals.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a congressional hearing on April 29, 2026, that the Iran war had cost an estimated $25 billion over two months; mostly munitions, operations and equipment replacement, without offering an end date. The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and its strike group are expected to depart the Middle East in the coming days after nearly a year of deployment.
