Congress

Senators on Wednesday expressed surprise and concern over news broke this morning that President Trump had ordered an immediate withdrawal of the U.S. military’s 2,000 troops stationed in Syria. Following […]

The State Department has approved a $3.5 billion Patriot missile system deal with Turkey amid congressional concerns on Ankara’s potential purchase of Russia’s S-400 air defense system. The potential sale, […]

The Senate by voice vote on Tuesday evening passed a measure codifying an office within the Department of Homeland Security that will oversee the strategy, policy and development and acquisition […]

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) on Tuesday officially nominated Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) to become Arizona’s junior senator in the 116th Congress. McSally would be taking over for Sen. Jon […]

Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) has been selected to become the new ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee in the next Congress, Democratic leadership announced Dec. […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will include Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Doug Jones (D-Ala.) when it convenes for the 116th Congress in January. Minority Leader […]

The Secretary of the Navy told senators on Wednesday that the service will probably not have a full clean audit for up to five to six years and that splitting […]

Despite plans to take a hard look at the Defense Department’s forthcoming fiscal year 2020 budget request, the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) incoming chairman will ensure that readiness funding […]

The House on Wednesday passed by voice vote a bipartisan bill aimed at improving data sharing within the Department of Homeland Security by boosting the department’s efforts to consolidate disparate […]

The Pentagon no longer has a failing grade for technology acquisition, by a slim margin, receiving a “D+” on the latest version of a congressional scorecard that showed overall improvement […]