Military Braces for Long and Politically Divisive Mission to House Afghan Refugees The refugees were flown out of Afghanistan in August amid the chaotic military evacuation and a stunning Taliban takeover of...
Congress Votes to Avert Shutdown, Avoiding Military Pay Issues Congress passed a stopgap spending measure to keep the government open and prevent a disruption in military pay just hours...
Generals Were Blindsided by the Afghan Army's Big Quit, But Enlisted Troops Saw it Coming Rep. Ruben Gallego wanted to know why U.S. intelligence appeared to be clueless on the lack of resistance put up by a U.S...
Senator Calls for Massive Investigation into What Went Wrong in Afghanistan Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., proposed a bill that would establish a multiyear investigation into the two-decade war in...
US General: Afghan Collapse Rooted in 2020 Deal with Taliban Senior Pentagon officials say the collapse of the Afghan government and its security forces could be traced to a 2020 U.S...
Contradicting Biden, Top Brass Testify They Advised Him to Keep Troops in Afghanistan President Joe Biden's top military officials testified before a Senate hearing that they recommended keeping troops in...
Congress Moves Closer to Making Women Register for the Draft An influential House committee has voted to include the provision in the defense policy bill, matching a Senate move earlier...
Blinken Pushes Back on GOP Criticism of Afghan Withdrawal Blinken pushed back against Republican criticism, saying the Biden administration inherited a deal with the Taliban to end...
Military Justice Reforms Are Coming, But Congress Is Conflicted on What They Should Be The defense policy bill passed this week by a House committee differs with the proposals in the Senate, setting up a debate...
House Moves to Bar Private Funding of National Guard Missions The issue of private funding of Guard missions became a controversy after Gov. Kristi Noem announced that 50 Guardsmen were...
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...
