Georgia’s Fort Benning Would Become Fort Moore Again Under House Bill Tucked inside a sweeping defense spending bill that won approval this month, the measure would require the Georgia base to...
Bill Would Broaden Rules on Military Disinterments at National Cemeteries Under the current law, the Department of Veterans Affairs can only reconsider eligibility for burial in national cemeteries...
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...
Air Guard Transfers to Space Force Appear Likely as Senators Backtrack on Effort to Stop It New amendments added to Congress' must-pass annual defense policy bill would allow the Space Force to take over certain state...
Trump Wants a Department of War. A House GOP Amendment Would Give Him One. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., has filed an amendment to the annual defense policy bill that would formally change the name of the...
Effort to Revive Afghan Relocations to US Garners Bipartisan Support A program to relocate vulnerable Afghans, including allies who helped the U.S. during the war and families of American...
Cancer in Military Pilots and Aircrews Will Be Studied Under Newly Signed Law President Donald Trump signed a law last week ordering the review of the prevalence of cancer and deaths by cancer in fixed...
Buffalo Soldiers Would Get Highest Congressional Honor Under Senate Proposal More than 150 years after the first regiments of Buffalo Soldiers were formed, a bipartisan pair of senators is looking to...
Proposal to Expand Private Health Care for Veterans Advanced by House Panel The legislation stoked strong opposition from Democrats accusing Republicans of trying to privatize the VA as Republicans...
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...
