Space Force Looking for Surge in Funding for 2023 to Focus on Missile Defense Warning Systems The majority of Space Force’s 2023 budget, 65%, would be focused on research, development, testing and evaluation, according...
Pentagon Asks for Another $1 Billion for Red Hill Facility that Tainted Water in Hawaii The money would go toward a fund that would let the department "quickly and flexibly address the health, environmental, and...
Army Aims to Buy 29,000 Next-Gen Rifles and Machine Guns for Grunts to Test The Army has requested the purchase of 29,046 Next Generation Squad Weapons, an umbrella term for offerings from Sig Sauer...
Troops Slated for Largest Pay Raise in 20 Years Under Pentagon Budget but Inflation Looms Troops and civilian workers would get a 4.6% pay raise under a Pentagon budget request, a sharp boost from the 2.7% increase...
VA Asks for 22% Increase in Spending on Medical Care as Part of Record $301 Billion Budget The proposal contains funds to decrease veterans homelessness, provide assistance to caregivers and build infrastructure...
Navy Wants to Scrap 9 Littoral Combat Ships Along with 15 Others to Pay for New Carriers and Submarines The Navy wants to scrap 24 ships in a move designed to give military planners enough money to modernize the rest of the fleet...
Ukraine War Sparks Call for Billions More in Pentagon Funding The White House has asked Congress for $10 billion to respond to the war in Ukraine, including $4.8 billion for the Pentagon.
Stopgap Spending Bill with $350 Million for Hawaii Water Crisis Clears House Beyond the funding to grapple with the water contamination issue, the continuing resolution would keep the government open...
Military Spent $1 Million Addressing Extremism, Diversity and Climate Change Last Year The majority of the money detailed in Milley's letter went toward the forcewide extremism stand-down Defense Secretary Lloyd...
VA Needs a 20% Budget Boost to Cover Coming Surge of Medical Costs, Veterans Groups Say The Biden administration's proposed 2022 budget has yet to be implemented, but veterans advocates say more money is needed...
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...
