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Defense’s FY27 budget request, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 29, 2026 [Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters] ## What did the Pentagon reveal on Capitol Hill? The back and forth at the hearing on Capitol Hill took
Budget Office estimates. That figure is significantly higher than the initial sum of $175bn (£129.25bn) that had been earmarked. Acquisition costs alone would be over $1tn, including for the interceptor layers and a space
significant responsibilities — overseeing programs and funding for students with disabilities — has not yet been offloaded to another federal agency, in part because of fierce pushback from disability-rights advocates. At one point in the hearing
Defense Pete Hegseth has faced his first public questioning from Congress on the [US-Israel war with Iran.](/news/liveblog/2026/4/29/iran-war-live-trump-says-tehran-wants-end-to-blockade-israel-kills-medics) Over hours of tense testimony alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, Hegseth
budget - they get railroaded by yet another crisis. There is the ongoing energy crisis provoked by the US-Israel war on Iran, Russia's aggression in neighbouring Ukraine, now in its fourth year. And this