Lawmakers Pitch New Voting System for US Troops Stationed Overseas A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate would create a paper or electronic trail of votes from service members overseas.
Warren Extracts Agreement for Nominees to Refuse Defense Industry Work for 4 Years The initiative is one step of Warren's broader work to stop contractors from hiring former senior government officials for...
In Military Authorization Vote, Quakers Claim a Victory Founded in 1943, the Quaker group — whose tradition often refers to members as “friends” — has long taken an anti-war posture...
Female Vets in Congress Decry Proposal to Disband Pentagon’s Advisory Panel on Women Two senators and four House members told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that they owe their careers to the ground-breaking...
Capitol, Symbol of Democracy, Off-Limits on Independence Day Lawmakers have struggled over the past year with their own mixed emotions over the shuttered doors.
Sexual Assault Prosecutions Should Change in 2023, Commission Recommends A Pentagon commission has recommended major changes to how sexual assaults and related crimes are prosecuted in the military...
Armed Services Chair Faces Tough Decision on Removing COs from Military Prosecutions The chairman of the HASC says his panel will consider a separate bill and insert language into the defense policy bill to...
Arkansas Senator Suggests Reviewing All General Nominations for Critical Race Theory Sen. Tom Cotton suggested reviewing all general and flag officer promotions -- from O7 and up -- to assess nominees' opinions...
Military Leaders Fire Back at Lawmakers as Critical Race Theory Debate Erupts on Capitol Hill The military's leadership forcefully pushed back on accusations that the services are teaching Marxist and anti-American...
House Subcommittee Passes $706B Spending Bill with 2.7% Pay Raise for Troops The bill would increase the Pentagon's funding by nearly $10 billion over this year's spending levels.
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...
