McCain Joins Fight to Save A-10 Warthog The influential senator from Arizona has added his voice to the growing chorus of lawmakers seeking to block the Pentagon’s...
McCain Hits Bomb-Sniffing Elephants, NASCAR Ads as Wasteful Spending Sen. John McCain has released a list of federally funded programs and contacts that he has labeled "America's Most Wasted."
McCain: F-35 among the 'Great, National Scandals' The Republican from Arizona and the 2008 presidential candidate also said the program's repeated cost overruns "have made it...
Senate Panel Approves Dempsey to Second Term The vote to reconfirm Gen. Martin Dempsey for a second term was temporarily delayed over his comments on the civil war in...
Carter Backs Centcom Chief Despite ISIS Testimony Defense Secretary Ashton Carter retained “full confidence” in Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to lead Central Command in the wake of...
Defense Hawks Win Support for War 'Slush Fund' The House of Representatives has voted in favor of a fiscal 2016 budget that includes almost $100 billion in war funding for...
Navy Leaders Try to Rescue LCS From Its Own Report Vice Adm. Richard Hunt, head of the LCS Council, spoke with reporters Wednesday to explain the steps taken to address...
Defense Hawks Slam Obama for Vetoing Defense Bill The Republican leaders of key defense committees on Thursday slammed President Barack Obama for vetoing the annual defense...
McCain: Navy's UCLASS in Danger without More Stealth, Weapons Senator says Navy carrier-launched drone needs to be stealthier and more lethal or the program will be at risk.
CNO Takes Blame for Deadly Destroyer Collisions: 'I Own This' The chief of naval operations blamed a failure of command for deadly collisions aboard the destroyers Fitzgerald and McCain.
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...
