Group of GOP Senators Demand a Vote to End Vaccine Mandate, or They'll Try to Block Defense Bill The letter was signed by 13 Republican senators, but Sen. Rand Paul said about 20 senators have committed to supporting the...
Senate Trying to Block Military Transfers Based on Potentially Discriminatory State Laws The military would be barred from considering state laws in deciding where to station service members under an amendment...
House Approves Higher Inflation Bonuses as Sweeping Defense Bill Advances The Pentagon would have the ability to give low-paid service members inflation bonuses as high as economic conditions warrant...
Pay Bumps to Counter Suicides in Alaska and on Ships in Yard 'Unnecessary,' According to White House The proposals for Arctic pay and complex overhaul pay were spurred by waves of suicides among service members in Alaska and...
Requirement for Women to Register for the Draft Back on the Table in Annual Defense Bill The proposal is back in the version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, making its way through the Senate.
Army's New Fitness Test Might Change Again as Congress Looks to Switch Standards An amendment in the NDAA would direct the Army to establish fitness standards for troops in combat roles that would be higher...
Sweeping Military Justice Reforms Get New Life in Annual Defense Bill Changes to the military justice system that got cut from last year's defense policy bill have been revived in the version of...
New Allowance for Struggling Military Families Approved by Congress Not Enough, Advocates Say Service members would be able to apply for the new basic needs allowance by the end of next year, according to the...
Biden Signs Defense Bill that Backs 2.7% Pay Raise for Troops The $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act also changes the way the military justice system will prosecute sexual...
Defense Bill Headed to Biden’s Desk as Military Justice Debate Rages On The NDAA approved by Congress creates prosecutor positions called "special trial counsel" to handle cases of sexual assault .
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...
