Congress

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Thursday urged the heads of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to direct the Senate Sergeant at Arms to require two-factor authentication as a […]

Physical barriers work in helping stem the flow of illegal entry into the U.S. but its “unlikely” that such a barrier will be erected from the Pacific Ocean to the […]

The Senate on Tuesday voted 85-14 to confirm Elaine Duke as deputy secretary of Homeland Security, giving the department an experienced federal manager to oversee day-to-day responsibilities. The 14 nay […]

Most Republicans at Heather Wilson’s confirmation hearing to become the next Air Force secretary seemed largely uninterested in probing her alleged ethics missteps, instead saluting her experience and supporting her […]

The Air Force would be forced to tell Raytheon [RTN] to stop work on OCX if Congress extends its continuing resolution (CR) through the rest of fiscal year 2017, according […]

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) on Wednesday called for the Pentagon to create a directed energy weapons demonstration fund that would be used exclusively for high energy laser and high power […]

Based on the Trump administration’s initial budget request, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) on Tuesday said that the potential cost of a nearly 2,000-mile security wall along the U.S. southern border […]

The Air Force is weighing replacing the F-15C/Ds it currently uses for the air superiority mission with F-16s, according to a key officer. Air Force Director of Current Operations and […]

Democratic Senators Edward Markey (Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) last week re-introduced two measures aimed at improving cyber security standards for airplanes and cars. The Cybersecurity Standards for Aircraft to […]

The House last week approved nine bipartisan homeland security bills, including one that would establish a five-year term for the head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and five dealing […]