Congress

Progressive lawmakers Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) introduced a bill Friday to stop development of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program and redirect the funds […]

The Senate confirmed David Turk to be deputy secretary of energy on Tuesday, voting 98-2 to install the former Obama official and Biden staffer as the Department of Energy’s No. […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Wednesday voted 13-13, along party lines, on the nomination of Colin Kahl for the Pentagon’s top policy job, the latest contentious step in […]

Nuclear weapons are one of a trilogy of high-spend programs likely to affect defense spending decisions for years, the chair of a House Appropriations panel said Tuesday in an online […]

The chairman of the House Armed Service Committee Monday said Pentagon technology procurement must improve and grow to help drive U.S. technology innovation, akin to how Special Operational Command (SOCOM) […]

The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said Monday he won’t support the next defense budget if it doesn’t include three to five percent topline spending growth, […]

Non-nuclear weapons programs should be prepared to pay the bills for the nuclear programs, if it comes to that, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), one of the biggest nuclear weapons stakeholders […]

A Navy official on Thursday said the service sees the MQ-25A Stingray unmanned carrier-based tanker possibly eventually adding strike missions and that up to 40 percent of the future air […]

The House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday passed a number of bipartisan bills that now go to the full House for consideration, including a measure introduced last week aimed as […]

The federal government needs clear lines of authority and accountability when it comes to which agency is responsible for detecting compromises of government networks, the top Democratic and Republican senators […]