Congress

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has thousands of pieces of security equipment worth nearly $200 million stored in a warehouse in Texas, most of it there for at least six […]

The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee yesterday approved by voice vote a $39.1 billion discretionary budget for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY ’13, $393 million less than […]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is calling for pressuring the Pentagon to firm up usage dates for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in the defense policy legislation it passed via […]

The House Appropriations Committee yesterday released its proposed markup of the FY ’13 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) budget, showing plans to trim $393 million from the request with the […]

A key House panel approved a defense budget yesterday that gives the Pentagon funding it did not request to prevent a temporary shutdown of three vehicles’ production lines, a move […]

Two key House panels are proposing to add funding to the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2013 budget this week for equipment including a submarine, Navy cruisers, and unmanned aircraft. The House […]

Six senators are calling on the heads of a Senate panel to follow their House counterparts and bolster support for two major Navy shipbuilding programs in the defense budget. The half […]

Australia announced it is delaying its first big order of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters as other nations question if they can afford their current plans for the stealth jets. Australian Defense […]

A lawmaker who is outspoken about cyber threats pledged yesterday to continue advocating for a controversial cybersecurity bill the White House has threatened to veto. Rep. James Langevin (D-R.I.) said […]

The House is expected to weigh this month a new bill from the House Budget Committee chairman to start undoing planned “sequestration” cuts to the Pentagon’s budget. The bill, which […]