VA Backtracks on Budget Shortfall Warning, Angering Lawmakers Who Vow an Investigation In a memo to lawmakers, VA officials said costs have been lower than expected, but that some of the things the department has...
Air Force Overcharged 7,943% for C-17 Hand Soap Dispensers, Watchdog Finds In all, the service accepted a 7,943% markup, or more than 80 times the commercially available cost, on the soap dispensers...
Russia Proposes Record Defense Spending as it Pursues Victory in the Ukraine War The Russian government wants to earmark 32.5% of its spending next year for defense, a record amount and up from a reported...
ROTC Scholarships Could Be Slashed This Decade as Army Deals with Glut of Officers The Army is eyeing a roughly $100 million cut to Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships through the rest of the decade...
Extra $12B for VA Medical Budget in Limbo After Exclusion from Short-Term Spending Bill Lawmakers did not include the requested VA funding in the continuing resolution -- and are so far not committing to including...
'Significant Consequences': Army Secretary Warns Congress over Short-Term Funding Wormuth emphasized that a planned three-month continuing resolution set to fund the Army starting Oct. 1 will have...
Veterans Benefits Safe After Senate Approves $3 Billion in Additional Funding Before Deadline The Senate approved the legislation to cover the shortfall in Department of Veterans Affairs funding for disability and...
Amid Struggle to Build Subs, Navy Gives Company Running Ads and Website a $1 Billion Contract The contract, which has options that allow it to pay out as much as $980 million, went to a company called BlueForge Alliance...
$12 Billion More for VA Medical Budget Urgently Needed, Department Says If Congress does not include extra funding for Department of Veterans Affairs medical services in an upcoming stopgap...
VA Warns Congress that Benefits Payments Are at Risk Due to Projected $15 Billion Budget Shortfall The VA said it is working with the White House and Congress to address the budget shortfalls in a way that doesn't harm...
One Detainee Killed and 2 Others Critically Injured in Dallas ICE Facility, Homeland Security Says A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on...
Pentagon Adds Exemptions to Requirement for All Troops to Get the Flu Shot The Pentagon has stepped back from the policy that requires all troops to get the flu shot every year by introducing...
Travis Decker, Man Accused of Killing His Daughters, Is Dead, US Marshals Service Reportedly Says The hunt for Travis Decker, an Army veteran accused of killing his three young daughters near Leavenworth, Washington, could...
Man Arrested on Suspicion of Trying to Board Camp Pendleton Helicopter with Lit Flare A civilian holding a lit flare tried to board a Marine Corps helicopter while the aircraft was sitting on a Camp Pendleton...
Hegseth Abruptly Summons Top Military Commanders to a Meeting in Virginia Next Week The directive did not offer a reason for the gathering Tuesday of senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their...
