Blinken Faces GOP Critics in Congress Who Say Afghanistan Withdrawal 'Lit the World on Fire' Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to face questions for the last time...
Proposed Expansion of IVF Coverage for Troops Scuttled from Compromise Defense Bill An expansion of coverage for fertility treatments for service members was left out of a compromise defense bill despite...
Marines Face Tough Choices as Reenlistment Bonuses Are Threatened by Congress' Late Budgets Reenlistment bonuses for 933 Marines are at risk of not being paid out by the Marine Corps because Congress cannot agree to...
Congress Shaves Beard Pilot Program for Air Force, Space Force from Must-Pass Defense Legislation Congress has decided to pass on ordering the Department of the Air Force to establish a pilot program examining whether...
Compromise Defense Bill Would Give Junior Troops 14.5% Pay Raise in 2025 Junior enlisted service members will get a 14.5% pay raise next year under a compromise defense bill expected to pass...
Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's Pick for Intel Chief, Faces Questions on Capitol Hill amid Syria Fallout President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for intelligence chief, Tulsi Gabbard, is making her case on Capitol Hill
Air National Guard Units Set to Transfer to Space Force Under Defense Bill Despite States' Opposition Nearly 600 Air National Guardsmen who focus on space missions would be transferred to the Space Force against the wishes of...
Sen. Joni Ernst Wants to Hear from Hegseth on Sex Assault in the Military and Women in Combat Unlike most of her Republican Senate peers, Ernst is not only a sexual assault survivor but also served in combat as an Army...
Former Officials Urge Closed-Door Senate Hearings on Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's Pick for Intel Chief Nearly 100 former senior U.S. diplomats and intelligence and national security officials have asked Senate leaders to...
House GOP Introduces Legislation to Solidify Veterans' Access to Community Care Democrats say the effort to expand community care undermines medical treatment for veterans by sending them to overburdened...
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...
