Congress Trims Funding for Pentagon 'Chem-Bio' Programs The latest defense spending law would subtract about 7% from the president's request on the grounds that they need to be more...
Pentagon Funding in Question After House Fight over Speakership One of the promises Kevin McCarthy made to win over his critics was to trim overall government spending to the dollar figure...
Biden Signs Defense Bill with Vaccine Mandate Repeal, 4.6% Military Pay Raise The sweeping defense policy bill that repeals the military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate and endorses a 4.6% pay raise for...
Billions Set Aside to Improve Military Housing in Government Spending Package Headed to Biden's Desk Mold, which is known to cause several health issues including breathing problems and skin infections, has been plaguing...
Senate Passes $1.7 Trillion Bill to Fund Gov't, Aid Ukraine The bill, which runs for 4,155 pages, includes about $772.5 billion for domestic programs and $858 billion for defense.
VA to Get 22% Budget Boost for Medical Care In Government Spending Deal Lawmakers are set to approve $118.7 billion for veterans medical care for 2023, which is $21.7 billion more than was approved...
Largest Military Pay Raise In 20 Years Headed to Biden's Desk As Part of Defense Bill This year's National Defense Authorization, or NDAA, endorses a basic pay raise for 2023 of 4.6%, far higher than 2022's 2.7%...
Ukraine Aid on the Line as Defense Hawks Prepare for New Congress and 'Wokeness' Fight The Pentagon's biggest backers in Congress are making their case for a traditional view of robust funding for defense and...
Inflation Bonuses Cut from Defense Bill, But Other Allowances Boosted Some of the lowest-paid service members will not get a special bonus to help cope with inflation under a compromise defense...
House Passes Defense Bill That Includes Military Pay Raise and Scraps the Vaccine Mandate The bill provides for about $45 billion more for defense programs than President Joe Biden requested, the second consecutive...
West Point Grad Congressman Says He Has 'Zero Time' for Complaints About Woke Military, Focused on China Rep. Pat Ryan argued political attacks such as GOP accusations of "critical race theory" infiltrating the military academies...
US Supreme Court Rejects Veteran's Challenge to Disability Claims Filing Deadline The decision spares the VA from paying 30 years worth of compensation to a Navy veteran, as well as potential claims by...
Millions of Tricare Users Must Approve Mail-Order Prescription Refills Starting Now Express Scripts has started sending out notices asking Tricare patients to confirm their mail-order prescription refills.
US Airstrike Kills Around 30 al-Shabaab Militants in Somalia, Military Says The Jan. 20 strike occurred approximately 260 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu near Galcad, Somalia.
The Army Forced to Change the Name of Its New Rifle The service's upcoming M5 from Sig Sauer will now be called the M7 after it was discovered Colt Industries also makes a...