Democrat Threatens to Hold Up Pentagon Nominees over Space Command HQ Decision U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet voted against confirming Brendan Owens as assistant secretary of defense for energy and...
West Point Grad Congressman Says He Has 'Zero Time' for Complaints About Woke Military, Focused on China Rep. Pat Ryan argued political attacks such as GOP accusations of "critical race theory" infiltrating the military academies...
Senator, Navy Secretary Say Sailors Need More Mental Health Help Lawmakers are pointing to a 2021 law that was meant to provide help and asking why it hasn't been fully put into effect by...
It's Back: Two Congressmen Want Americans to Thank Troops for Their Freedom Republican Rep. Jack Bergman of Michigan, a retired Marine lieutenant general, and Rep. Lou Correa, a Democrat from...
VA to Waive Medical Copays for Native American, Alaskan Native Vets Congress ordered the change in fiscal 2022 policy law.
Pentagon Funding in Question After House Fight over Speakership One of the promises Kevin McCarthy made to win over his critics was to trim overall government spending to the dollar figure...
Meet the Mikes: The New Men in Charge of Military and Veterans Oversight in the House House Republicans officially appointed committee leaders for the congressional session, including Rep. Mike Rogers as Armed...
National Security, Veterans Hurt by Impasse over House Speaker, Lawmakers Warn A prolonged standoff over choosing the next speaker of the House is harming national security and veterans, a group of...
Senators Pressuring Navy to Improve Conditions in Shipyards in the Wake of Suicides Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal announced that they have written to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro to demand...
Pentagon Ordered to Review Its New Practice of Concealing Documents from the Public Congress included the order in its $1.7 trillion annual spending bill, which includes 2023 funding for the military.
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...