Government Shutdown Would Not Affect VA Medical Care and Most Benefits, Secretary Says As a result of advanced funding received from Congress, many VA services would not be affected by a shutdown, but furloughs...
Threat to Troop Paychecks Rises as Congress Fumbles Pentagon Bill and Lurches Toward a Government Shutdown Two times this week, House Republicans tried and failed to advance their fiscal 2024 Pentagon spending bill because of...
Pentagon Says Ukraine Training, Weapons Shipments Will Continue Despite Any Government Shutdown The aid is an "excepted" activity, meaning it is not dependent on lawmakers providing new funding for the Ukraine mission...
Leaders of Army, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs Confirmed by Senate Amid Monthslong Blockade by Tuberville A Senate procedural maneuver by Tuberville this week forced Democrats to retreat from their earlier position -- that...
Democrats Circumvent Tuberville as Senate Moves to Finally Confirm Leaders of Army, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs While acting chiefs can keep the military running day-to-day, defense officials have argued they are not as effective as...
Posters of Officers Caught in Senator's Promotions Hold Dot Capitol Lawn in Vet Group's Protest VoteVets, a liberal political action committee founded by veterans, and several Democratic senators used the display to...
Odds of Shutdown and Missed Paychecks for Troops Grow Amid Chaos in the House In 2013, when the government shut down for 16 days, lawmakers passed a bill just before the shutdown started to ensure troops...
Navy Top Admiral Nominee Asked About Promotion Holds, Social Issues at Confirmation Hearing The woman who could become the Navy's next top admiral offered new insight into the effects of Sen. Tommy Tuberville's hold...
Deferred Retirements, Unemployed Spouses, Field Officers Working as Generals: Democrats' Memo Details Effects of Tuberville Blocking Military Promotions At least 25 three- and four-star officers were forced to delay retirements to ensure continuity of command due to a...
Air Force Secretary Calls Tuberville's Hold on Military Promotions 'Unprecedented' Tuberville's move has stopped the Pentagon from putting nearly 300 officers into new positions and duty stations, and has...
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...