Hegseth seeks to shift $50 billion in FY26 budget proposal

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed Pentagon officials to find about $50 billion in the Biden administration’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal that can be redirected to new priorities, according to a late-Wednesday statement by his acting deputy.Funds should be moved from “so-called ‘climate change’ and other woke programs” and "excessive bureaucracy” to Trump-administration priorities, such as securing the border, building an “Iron Dome” for t