Congress Blames Pentagon for Not Paying Civilians Members of the House Armed Services Committee accused the Pentagon of deliberately ignoring the Pay Our Military Act.
Troops' Next Paycheck Disappears if U.S. Defaults Troops will get paid on Tuesday, but the next check could come as an IOU if the nation defaults on its debt obligations.
Veterans Groups Demand End to Shutdown Representatives of 33 veterans organizations gathered before the World War II Memorial in Washington on Tuesday to call for...
Shutdown May Cancel Marine Corps Marathon The Marine Corps Marathon could be canceled if the government is not reopened by Saturday, organizers announced.
Shutdown Deal Protects Troop Pay for Few Months The deal presented by the Senate to end the U.S. government shutdown may only protect troops' paychecks for three months.
Reserve, Guard Look to Post-Shutdown Reboot With talk of a budget deal that would end the government shutdown looking more real Wednesday, Army Reserve and National...
Congress Reopens Government, Troops' Pay Protected Congress on Wednesday night passed legislation that ends the shutdown and extends the country's borrowing authority.
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...
