The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will have several new subcommittee leaders in the new Congress after losing some members to retirement and lost midterm elections. HASC Chair Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Ranking Member Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) on Wednesday revealed the nominations for ...

Nearly a third of the House Homeland Security Committee’s roster in the 116th Congress will be first-time lawmakers, and half of those new members will bring military and national security experience with them. The House Homeland Security Committee will gain four freshman Democratic members in ...

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) yesterday revealed her decision to run for president in 2020, becoming the fourth female lawmaker to seek the Democratic nomination. A member of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, Harris, 54, made her official announcement Jan. 21 during an ...

A bipartisan group in the House introduced a bill Wednesday to protect against state-sponsored intellectual property and supply chain threats, and create a new White House office tasked with securing emerging technologies. Reps. Will Hurd (R-Texas), Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), Mike Conaway ...

There were four leadership changes for the 116th Congress among the Senate Armed Services subcommittees, but only one gavel handoff among the Republicans who remain in the majority, the panel announced Thursday. On the other hand, the seven Armed Services subcommittees experienced a lot of churn ...

The new House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Republican roster has shrunk by seven in the new Democratic-led Congress, with two new members joining the powerful committee. Ranking Member Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) on Thursday announced the Republican nominations to the committee, pending approval by ...