Lawmakers Ask Pentagon Leaders to Commit to Keeping the Military Out of Politics and the Election Lawmakers asked the defense leaders to reaffirm that U.S. law prohibits forces from being used for civilian law enforcement...
Years After Fall of Kabul, US Congress Has Still Not Acted to Secure Future of More Than 70,000 Afghan Evacuees in US The act’s failure comes despite bipartisan and wide-ranging popular support to assist Afghans – including among members of...
On 12th Anniversary of Marine Vet Austin Tice's Disappearance, Lawmakers Push to Bring Him Home Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., along with 34 other senators in both parties, sent President Joe...
National Guard Has New Acting Boss as Nominations Sit in Senate Army Lt. Gen. Jonathan Stubbs took over Saturday as the acting head of the National Guard Bureau while it waits for the...
National Guard Chief, VA Benefits Fix, Military Pay Raise: Here's What's Still on Congress' To-Do List as Recess Starts The National Guard will be without a Senate-confirmed leader until at least September after the Senate left for a five-week...
Funding for 5.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise Included in Senate's Pentagon Spending Bill A proposed 5.5% pay raise next year for junior enlisted troops has won the backing of a key Senate panel in charge of...
Military Jobs with High Deployment Pace, Blast Exposure Correlated with Higher Suicide Rates, Data Shows Members of the military's combat specialties experienced higher suicide rates than other troops -- and the broader American...
Tricare Patients Would See Lower Mental Health Care Costs Under Bill Introduced in Congress Out-of-pocket costs for mental health care appointments for patients in the military health care system would be capped under...
A Nearly $3 Billion Shortfall in VA Benefits Is Looming. The Senate Has Proposed a Fix, But Time Is Running Out. Seeking to avoid a disruption in veterans benefits payments later this year, a bipartisan group of senators has introduced a...
Acting Secret Service Director Says He's 'Ashamed' After the Trump Assassination Attempt Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe accepted blame for his own agency's mistakes while also repeatedly lacing into...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...
