Alabama Lawmaker Blocks Pentagon Budget Moves to Force Decision on Space Command Basing The move by Rep. Mike Rogers has put the Air Force in a bind as it faces a personnel funding shortfall and looks to extend...
What Veterans Can Expect When Running for Office for the First Time No matter what you did in the military, running for Congress can change everything, as former naval flight officer Hillary O...
Abortion Debate Snarls Space Command Future as Biden Taps New Leader If confirmed, Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting will be responsible for the military's warfighting operations outside the Earth's...
USS Boxer Water Incident Prompts House Lawmakers to Call for Navy Accountability While on a deployment in 2016, sailors in the USS Boxer's engineering department were ordered to dump fuel into the ocean by...
Senate Plan Would Force the Army to Revert to Old Fitness Test But Would Allow New Events The change to the test was penned by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who successfully lobbied the committee to amend the draft...
'Woefully Unacceptable': Senators Seek Answers on Pentagon's Housing Reforms Progress In letters to the Pentagon, Air Force, Army and Navy, Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine pushed for answers on how officials...
Recruits Wouldn't Be Tested for Marijuana Under Proposed Defense Bill Amendment Rep. Matt Gaetz has filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would bar the military services from...
Should Transgender Men Register for the Draft? Lawmaker Says Yes 'If They Want to Be Treated Like Men' Rep. Tim Burchett has a novel proposal aimed at transgender Americans: Make transgender men register for the draft.
Research on Psychedelics, Marijuana as Alternative Treatment for Vets Advancing in Congress Psychedelic drugs and marijuana could be evaluated as treatments for post-traumatic disorder and other conditions afflicting...
Congress Weighs Giving Military Spouses More Options to Work Remotely for Government The unemployment rate for military spouses has remained stubbornly high despite years of efforts by the federal government to...
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...
