"The bill would authorize $901 billion in US military spending for the coming fiscal year, just months after GOP lawmakers and President Donald Trump pushed through the largest-ever cuts to Medicaid and federal nutrition assistance. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who aggressively pushed cuts to Medicaid by peddling false claims of large-scale fraud, touted the 3,086-page National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as legislation that would "ensure our military forces remain the most lethal in the world.""
"If passed, the 2026 NDAA would pump billions of dollars more into the Pentagon, a cesspool of the kinds of waste, fraud, and abuse that Johnson and other Republicans claim to be targeting when they cut safety net programs, stripping health insurance and food aid from millions. The Pentagon has never passed an independent audit and continues to have "significant fraud exposure," the Government Accountability Office said earlier this year."
Congress would authorize $901 billion in military spending for the coming fiscal year, $8 billion more than the presidential 2026 budget request. The 3,086-page National Defense Authorization Act represents a compromise between House and Senate versions and would direct billions more to the Pentagon despite long‑standing audit failures and documented fraud exposure. House leadership promoted the measure while advancing deep cuts to Medicaid and nutrition assistance. Final enactment would raise total congressional military authorizations above $1 trillion, including $150 billion already in the summer budget law, intensifying concerns about waste and reduced domestic safety nets.
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