Odds of Shutdown and Missed Paychecks for Troops Grow Amid Chaos in the House In 2013, when the government shut down for 16 days, lawmakers passed a bill just before the shutdown started to ensure troops...
Republican Bill with Massive Boost to Junior Enlisted Pay Sparks Veto Threat from Biden The White House is taking issue with a House Republican proposal to give junior enlisted troops a more than 30% pay bump next...
'Woke' Pentagon Spending at Center of Upcoming Government Shutdown Fight Risk of a government shutdown this fall is rising after a powerful bloc of House conservatives vowed to oppose any stopgap...
Showdown Looming: Senate Takes Moderate Route, House Pushes Culture Wars in Annual Defense Bill The two chambers will now have to find common ground on the starkly different versions of the National Defense Authorization...
GOP Uses Must-Pass Defense Bill to Thwack at Abortion, Transgender Troops as Legislation Passes House The traditionally bipartisan bill became a battleground for culture war issues this year after far-right lawmakers threatened...
Canceled Bonuses, Delayed Moves: Air Force Cash Problems Trigger Cuts Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles "C.Q." Brown, told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing that the service is...
Stolen Valor Researchers Sound Alarm on House Proposal to Curtail Access to Military Records Uncovering when people are lying about their military service could be harder under a proposal in Congress to restrict public...
Enlisted Troops Could See 30% Pay Hike Under House's 2024 Defense Spending Bill A House panel's proposal for annual Pentagon spending would give E-6s and below significant increases in their base pay.
Lawmakers Pressure Air Force to Finally Make Space Command HQ Basing Decision Lawmakers are dialing up pressure on the Air Force to make a final decision about the permanent home for U.S. Space Command.
Biggest Troop Pay Raise in 2 Decades on Track in House Defense Bill Service members would get a 5.2% pay raise next year under the House Armed Services Committee's draft of the annual defense...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...