(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Spending on the two U.S. intelligence budgets hit a record $109 billion in fiscal 2026 but still landed $6.5 billion below what the Trump administration requested, the largest shortfall in 14 years of figures published by ODNI.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Congress appropriated $78.1 billion to the National Intelligence Program for fiscal 2026. The Department of War put the Military Intelligence Program at $30.9 billion. Both figures, released Oct. 30, are the highest in their agencies’ published series, according to a review by The Center Square.
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