Congress

The Senate on Friday evening narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth as the new secretary of defense. Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon was approved largely along party lines while three Republicans, […]

The Senate on Thursday voted 51-49 to cut off debate and advance consideration of Pete Hegseth’s nomination to be the next secretary of defense, setting up a final vote on […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday voted along party lines to advance Pete Hegseth’s nomination to be the next secretary of defense, a source familiar with the process confirmed […]

The House Freedom Caucus has proposed a two-step reconciliation plan that calls for including up to $200 billion in defense spending over four years. The proposal from the group of […]

The House Armed Services Committee has announced its full slate of subcommittee ranking members, while the panel’s top Democrat this week also introduced the members of his party that have […]

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said on Wednesday that he supports building a significant number of uncrewed U.S. Navy vessels in the […]

The Republican chair of the House Armed Services Committee said Wednesday his focus for the new Congress will be getting defense spending above four percent of the gross domestic product. […]

At his confirmation hearing on Tuesday where he faced Democratic scrutiny over his sexual assault allegations and prior comments, Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth offered a view into his plans […]

The Biden administration on Monday withdrew a proposal that would have required major federal contractors to report their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and those of their suppliers as a condition […]

The bill introduced by Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Dec. 19th contains provisions that may favor defense start-ups and non-traditional defense contractors, such as Palantir […]