'Brandon Act' Would Give Troops a Safe Word to Access Mental Health Care The legislation would establish a system for troops to request mental health services without their entire command knowing.
Bill Would Create New Dangerous Dog Rules for Military Bases A Senate amendment requires the SecDef to establish a single standardized policy for the whole military.
KC-10 Tankers, B-1 Bombers Can Slowly Be Retired, Lawmakers Say The Air Force must maintain 50 primary mission KC-10A aircraft in 2021, legislation says. It must keep 24 combat-coded B-1s.
House Lawmakers Want to Pause Military Health System Overhaul The House's draft defense policy bill has provisions designed to slow shifts at medical facilities and cuts to medical staff.
Air Force Probing Use of RC-26 Spy Plane in US Cities The investigation was prompted by lawmakers' concern over use of military equipment during protests across the country.
Senator Who Used to Fly Black Hawks Calls for Answers on Army Helicopter Probe Duckworth wants to know who is responsible for the use of helicopters to suppress crowds of protesters in Washington, D.C.
Defense Contractors Need 'Double-Digit Billions' in COVID-19 Relief, Official Says The Pentagon's top weapons buyer presented Congress with a difficult choice.
Presidents Who Didn't Serve in Uniform Shouldn't Be Buried at Arlington, Senator Says Sen. Tammy Duckworth introduced legislation to block an effort to expand burial eligibility at Arlington National Cemetery.
22 House Republicans Urge Trump Not to Pull US Troops Out of Germany Republicans are urging a reversal of the decision to pull 9,500 U.S. troops out of Germany.
Military Pay Raise for 2021 Moves Forward in Senate The Senate Armed Services Personnel subcommittee also approved an increase to military end strength.
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...