Republicans Double Down on 'Woke' Criticism After Army Says Safety Top Recruiting Challenge A pair of Republican lawmakers is demanding the Army release, in full, survey findings on why young people don't want to...
Senior Officer Promotions to Be Slowed by GOP Senator over Pentagon's Abortion Policy While a single senator cannot prevent confirmations, placing a hold requires the Senate to use valuable floor time to hold...
Creation of a Space National Guard Gets Renewed Push from Lawmakers Senators Feinstein and Rubio pushed for the legislation last year, but their bill saw little movement.
Push to Help More Service Members In Need Get Food Stamps Revived by Senators The bill addresses a problem advocates have pointed to that blocks low-income military families from using the program.
Senator Asks Biden to Block Relocation of Space Command, Citing National Security Worries Space Command was reactivated in August 2019 and temporarily run from Peterson Space Force Base.
VA Would Have to Research Medical Marijuana Under Bill Advanced by Senate Panel The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee voted in a closed-door session to advance the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act.
Defrauding Veterans Would Be a Federal Crime Under Bill Pushed by Senators Under the bill, fraud schemes that target veterans benefits would be punishable by up to five years in prison, a fine or both...
Military Justice Reforms Still Leave Some Criminal Cases to Commanders With No Legal Expertise The military resisted reforming its justice system for decades. Major congressional changes passed in 2021 promised to...
An 'Ambassador for All Service Dogs,' German Shepherd Leaves a Legacy for Veterans with PTSD Kaya spent hundreds of hours walking the halls of the U.S. Capitol lobbying for a bill to provide federal funding for mental...
DoD Struggles to Answer Questions on Chinese Balloon in Congressional Testimony A key subcommittee held a hearing that was part of a balloon-centric day on Capitol Hill a week after the Pentagon first...
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...