Congress

An immigration reform bill introduced in Congress last Thursday includes a focus on the use of technology to facilitate secure travel and trade at the nation’s ports of entry and […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee announced its subcommittee rosters on Tuesday, to include two first-time chairs in new Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) leading the Emerging Threats and Capabilities panel and […]

President Joe Biden’s nomination of David Turk to be the deputy secretary of energy was formally sent to the Senate late Thursday and referred to the Senate Energy and Natural […]

Montana Sen. Jon Tester (D), a proponent for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) nuclear modernization effort, is the new chair of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee (SAC-D). Tester will […]

Congress should give the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) more responsibility for protecting information and data networks of federal civilian agencies, many of which don’t have the resources to […]

The Senate on Monday evening voted to confirm Kathleen Hicks as Biden’s deputy defense secretary, becoming the first woman confirmed to serve as the Pentagon’s no. 2 official. Hicks, who […]

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is urging the Pentagon to investigate the ‘disturbing trend’ of recent UH-60 Black Hawk crashes and to provide an assessment of the helicopter’s operational readiness. In […]

Six-term Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), who has served as the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee and its defense spending subcommittee, announced Monday he will not seek reelection in […]

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) has been nominated to serve as the newest GOP member on the Senate Armed Services Committee in the new Congress. Tuberville, who unseated Democrat and former […]

Securing against the rising threat of domestic terrorism, improving the federal response to COVID-19, and cyber security are among the initial priorities of Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), the new chairman […]