Senate Democrat Tries to Formally Condemn Funeral Honors for Ashli Babbitt Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., went to the Senate floor to request what’s known as “unanimous consent” to pass a resolution...
Defense Bill Adopts Measure Seeking Crash-Avoidance Systems for Military Choppers Rep. Tom Barrett, a Republican and former Army helicopter pilot, had introduced the legislation in March after the crash of...
Trump Gives DoD ‘Secondary’ Name as Department of War, Circumventing Congress President Donald Trump signed an executive order giving the Department of Defense the “secondary name” of the Department of...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...
Immigration Detentions of Military Family Members Spark Lawmaker Probe As stories of military family members being detained by immigration authorities pile up, dozens of Democrats are launching an...
Democratic Senator Says Classified Meeting with Intel Agency Is Canceled After Loomer's Criticism The top ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee says a classified meeting planned with a key U.S. spy agency...
GOP Congresswoman Joins 2026 Iowa Senate Race After Sen. Joni Ernst Confirms She Won't Run U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said that she will not seek reelection next year, confirming in a video post on social media that she...
Government Shutdown Looms as Congress Returns After Monthlong August Recess As Congress returns to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, it will have to find a way to work with...
Iraq War Veteran Sen. Joni Ernst Expected to Announce Next that She Won't Run for Reelection U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst is expected to announce next month she won't seek reelection, leaving another vacancy in an Iowa seat...
Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Naval Aviator and Corrupt Appropriator, Dies at 83 Cunningham, a California Republican, joined the Navy at age 25 and during the Vietnam War became the first “ace,” an honor...
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...
