White House signs $901 billion defense bill passed by Senate Wednesday

President Trump signed a virtually $1 trillion protection coverage invoice into regulation on Thursday, approving what seems to be the most important army spending bundle in US historical past.

The Nationwide Protection Authorization Act of 2026 authorizes $901 billion in army spending, roughly $8 billion greater than the administration requested, in line with Reuters.

It additionally supplies a virtually 4% pay enhance for troops, supplies new funding for Ukraine and the Baltic states, and consists of measures meant to cut back safety commitments overseas.

In a launch shared on-line, Consultant Rick Allen mentioned, “With President Trump’s signature, the Fiscal Yr 2026 NDAA formally delivers our peace by means of power agenda, with a generational funding in our nationwide protection.”

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President Donald Trump indicators an government order within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, DC, December 11, 2025. (Al Drago/Reuters)

“This bipartisan invoice not solely ensures America’s warfighters are essentially the most deadly and succesful preventing power on this planet, but additionally improves the standard of life for our servicemembers within the twelfth District and throughout the nation,” he added.

As beforehand reported by Fox Information Digital, the Senate handed the NDAA on Wednesday and despatched the compromise invoice, authorised with bipartisan assist, to the president’s desk.

Trump quietly signed it Thursday night, in line with Reuters.

The NDAA consists of $800 million for Ukraine over the subsequent two years as a part of the Ukraine Safety Help Initiative, which pays U.S. corporations for weapons for the Ukrainian army.

It additionally consists of $175 million for the Baltic Safety Initiative, which helps Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

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President Donald Trump introduced his proposal for a “Golden Dome” missile protection system in the US on Might 20, 2025. (Reuters/Leah Millis/File Picture; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs)

The invoice prohibits lowering the variety of U.S. troops in Europe beneath 76,000 for greater than 45 days with out formal certification by Congress.

The laws additionally prohibits the administration from lowering U.S. forces in South Korea to fewer than 28,500 troops.

Trump finally supported the invoice partially as a result of it codifies a few of his government orders, together with funding the Golden Dome missile protection system and eliminating range, fairness and inclusion applications, in line with Reuters.

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The Conflict Division seal is on show on the Pentagon in Washington, DC (Elal Gunes/Anadolu by way of Getty Photographs)

“Below President Trump, the US is rebuilding its power, restoring deterrence and proving that America won’t again down. President Trump and Republicans have promised peace by means of power. The FY 26 NDAA delivers,” Home Speaker Mike Johnson had mentioned in an announcement on December 7 in regards to the new measures.

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