The far-left wing of the Democratic Party hopes to slash the U.S. defense budget in the event of a Democratic sweep on Election Day, Politico reported Wednesday. 
A prominent Democratic congressman said he sees a "big fight coming" over Democrats' attempts to slash the defense budget, American Military News reported Thursday. 
Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren brushed off a question on how she planned to pay for an expensive new education proposal, saying "there's always money." 
Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) discussed recent tensions with Iran Tuesday during a radio appearance on the Hugh Hewitt Show. Hewitt asked Cotton for his thoughts on President Donald Trump's recent comments on Iran, in which he argued that the regime was enduring great economic and domestic difficulties. 
An amendment in the House's version of the annual defense bill that would prevent President Trump from striking Iran without congressional approval would actually facilitate Iranian belligerence—and, if anything, make war more likely. 
Nearly two dozen liberal groups on Thursday wrote to all 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, pushing them to support massive cuts to the defense budget. 
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) said in a recent interview that Congress should allocate part of the U.S. military budget to foreign exchange programs, suggesting that bringing farmers from Turkey to farmers in Iowa could be an effective form of American foreign policy. 
Last month, when the Treasury Department reported that the fiscal year 2018 deficit was a staggering $779 billion, President Trump made an announcement. Before meeting with his cabinet, the president said he would be asking every secretary to trim five percent, "if not more," from his or her budget. Nor would he exempt the department of Defense.
Here's hoping Trump changes his mind. Cutting the resources available to the Pentagon is a bad idea. A new report from the bipartisan National Defense Strategy Commission underscores just how bad. 
The United States military might "struggle to win, or perhaps lose" a war with China or Russia, according to a congressionally-mandated report from the National Defense Strategy Commission. 
The Trump administration is undertaking efforts to grow and advance the U.S.'s "low-visibility, irregular warfare" operations across the globe, according to a new directive issued by the Pentagon. 