House Votes to Block 2014 DoD Civilian Furloughs The House voted to bar the Defense Department from issuing another round of furloughs to civilian workers next fiscal year.
C-130J Tops Surges in Pentagon Weapons Estimates The C-130J Super Hercules tops the list of weapons systems that have had the largest increases in projected costs.
Hagel Forecasts Massive Cuts to Troop Numbers Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel outlines worst-case budget scenario Wednesday.
Pentagon's Dire Budget Warnings Fall on Deaf Ears Few lawmakers turned out to hear DoD officials warn that budget cuts would bring widespread changes to the military.
Lincoln Starts Overhaul Amidst Budget Pressures Following some budget delays, U.S. Navy officials and shipbuilders with Huntington Ingalls Industries are now surging through...
Pentagon Reduces Civilian Furlough Days Defense Secretary Hagel announced that furlough days for more than 650,000 civilian workers had been cut from 11 to six.
DoD Teacher Furloughs Canceled, Schools Stay Open Military children who attend Defense Department schools on bases around the world will no longer have extra days off this...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
