Congress Shaves Beard Pilot Program for Air Force, Space Force from Must-Pass Defense Legislation Congress has decided to pass on ordering the Department of the Air Force to establish a pilot program examining whether...
Compromise Defense Bill Would Give Junior Troops 14.5% Pay Raise in 2025 Junior enlisted service members will get a 14.5% pay raise next year under a compromise defense bill expected to pass...
Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's Pick for Intel Chief, Faces Questions on Capitol Hill amid Syria Fallout President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for intelligence chief, Tulsi Gabbard, is making her case on Capitol Hill
Air National Guard Units Set to Transfer to Space Force Under Defense Bill Despite States' Opposition Nearly 600 Air National Guardsmen who focus on space missions would be transferred to the Space Force against the wishes of...
Sen. Joni Ernst Wants to Hear from Hegseth on Sex Assault in the Military and Women in Combat Unlike most of her Republican Senate peers, Ernst is not only a sexual assault survivor but also served in combat as an Army...
Former Officials Urge Closed-Door Senate Hearings on Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's Pick for Intel Chief Nearly 100 former senior U.S. diplomats and intelligence and national security officials have asked Senate leaders to...
House GOP Introduces Legislation to Solidify Veterans' Access to Community Care Democrats say the effort to expand community care undermines medical treatment for veterans by sending them to overburdened...
General Known as Last Soldier in Afghanistan Gets Promotion Approved After Republican Ends Delay A promotion for the general who became known as the last U.S. soldier out of Afghanistan was approved by the Senate after a...
The International Criminal Court's Chief Lashes Out at Threats from Russia and a US Senator The president of the International Criminal Court lashed out on Monday at Russia for targeting its prosecutors and judges...
100 Veterans Will Serve in Congress at the Start of Next Year The results of this year's election point to a slow but steady growth in veterans in Congress.
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...