Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee Ernst, an Iowa Republican, is one of the most influential voices in Congress on military topics. Ethics and military experts...
Trump Will Stand Before Congress and Offer Divided Nation an Accounting of His Turbulent First Weeks President Donald Trump will stand before a joint session of Congress to give an accounting of his turbulent first weeks in...
VA Study of Brain Injuries and Mental Health Would Be Ordered Up by Senate Bill Lawmakers across the political spectrum have ramped up efforts to understand, prevent and treat traumatic brain injuries, or...
Where Are Federal Jobs Affected by DOGE Cuts? A Look at Congressional Districts Across the US Civilian federal jobs are being cut by the thousands, as Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency continues to shrink...
Former Defense Chiefs Call for Congressional Hearings on Trump's Firing of Senior Military Leaders The five men — who represented Republican and Democratic administrations over the past three decades — said the dismissals...
Navy Secretary Nominee, a Trump Donor with No Military Experience, Glides Through Confirmation Hearing Unlike other hearings for Pentagon nominees in the Trump administration, Thursday's hearing was mostly fireworks-free and...
VA Research on Cancer, Suicide Prevention, Toxic Exposure at Risk from Federal Hiring Freeze Hundreds of Department of Veterans Affairs medical research projects are being threatened by a hiring freeze across the...
House Democrat Introduces Bill to Reinstate Veterans Fired from the Federal Government Under Trump A freshman Democratic congressman is introducing a bill to protect the jobs of veterans working for the U.S. government amid...
Senate Confirms Driscoll, a Veteran and Financier with Little Leadership Experience, to Be Army Secretary The Senate voted 66-28 to approve Dan Driscoll to be the Army's top civilian, putting a little-known and relatively...
Billionaire Nominee for Deputy Defense Secretary Grilled on Plans to Slash Staff, Budget Billionaire businessman Stephen Feinberg faced sharp questions from Democrats about impending mass firings at the Defense...
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...
