A 'Big Fight Coming' over Defense Budget if Dems Sweep Election, Lawmaker Says The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee says he favors a flat budget or slight reductions to Pentagon funding.
SecDef Esper Calls for More Defense Dollars to Offset Gains by China and Russia Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the military needs more funding to compete with China and Russia.
The Navy Really Does Need 500 Ships, Experts Say. But Paying for Them Won’t Be Easy The Navy could face serious hurdles in meeting a new goal to almost double the size of its fleet to more than 500 ships.
$2 Million in Funds Earmarked for COVID-19 Went to Buy Army Greens Uniforms A Washington Post report illustrates how the military spent $1 billion designated for stocks of masks and other supplies.
House Plan to Avoid Government Shutdown Includes Money for 2 Nuclear Submarines The bill also increases funding for the VA's electronic health record modernization program.
Stars and Stripes Has Been Officially Saved from the Chopping Block, Notice States The Pentagon is reversing course on plans to shutter the venerable Stars and Stripes newspaper following an order from...
Trump Vows to Keep Stars and Stripes Funded After Pentagon Moves to Shut It Down Trump tweeted on Friday that funds to Stars and Stripes would not be cut under his watch.
Two of DoD's Biggest Military Contracts Are Now Up for Grabs The contracts to manage the Defense Department's managed health care programs through 2031 could be worth up to $58 billion.
Senators to Esper: Reverse Your Decision to Kill Stars and Stripes A group of senators wants to reinstate funding for Stars and Stripes, the military's newspaper for service members.
$29 Billion in Military Funding Tucked Inside Proposed Coronavirus Relief Package The Republicans' proposed coronavirus relief package in the Senate includes $29 billion for the Pentagon.
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...