House Passes $733 Billion Defense Bill, Including 3.1% Pay Raise for Troops The House passed a $733 billion defense policy bill -- $17 billion short of what the White House wanted.
Senator Who Held Up Berger's Confirmation Wants Marines Based in Alaska A Marine Reserve colonel who serves in the Senate hit the Corps' incoming commandant with questions on cold-weather training.
Amendment Would Bar Trump from Holding Another July 4 'Salute to America' The House passed a measure aimed at stopping President Donald Trump from repeating his July 4 military "Salute to America."
House Advances Effort to Overturn Pentagon Restrictions on Transgender Service The legislation still needs to be reconciled with the Senate's version of the national defense bill.
Senate Sets Date for Esper's Defense Secretary Confirmation Hearing For the first time since January, the Pentagon may have soon have a Senate-confirmed secretary of defense.
Milley Warns That War with Iran Would Disrupt Strategy to Confront Russia, China Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley warned that war with Iran would delay and disrupt the overall National Defense Strategy.
Lawmakers Still Fighting to Keep US Out of War With Iran House Democrats back a measure already rejected by the Senate to require congressional approval for attacking Iran.
Bill to Auto-Erase All Student Debt for 100% Disabled Vets Gains Momentum Senate leaders joined an effort this week to pass a law that would erase the student loan debts of 100% disabled veterans.
Rep. Seth Moulton: Let's Declare Independence from Stigmas Around Mental Health Care We've gone to too many funerals for people who didn't die in our generation's wars, but because of them.
Military's 3.1% Pay Raise Passes Senate as House Prepares to Do Battle Over Iran The $750 billion defense policy bill, including the 3.1% military pay raise, passed the Senate and now moves to the House.
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...