Congress, Pentagon

Here’s what Hill appropriators want the Pentagon to buy with $839 billion in 2026

This week on the Congressional Roundup: Dig into where lawmakers diverged from the Trump administration in the defense appropriations bill.

Congressional appropriators this week unveiled a bipartisan $839 billion defense spending package for fiscal 2026 that would fund the US military through the end of September. After months of closed-door negotiations, here’s a few of the programs that made the cut — and some that didn’t. Learn more on the latest episode of the Congressional Roundup.