Congress

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), a member of the Armed Services Committee, was elected as the new speaker of the House on Wednesday. In a letter to his GOP colleagues earlier […]

The Biden administration has detailed a new $106 billion emergency spending package with weapons aid for Israel and continued security assistance for Ukraine, of which $50 billion would be invested […]

President Joe Biden last Friday sent Congress a $106 billion supplemental funding request largely in support of Ukraine and Israel but that also includes $849 million for Customs and Border […]

A lead House Armed Services Committee lawmaker on Thursday cited concern that the Pentagon’s new Replicator initiative to field thousands of attritable autonomous systems over the next two years could […]

A new algorithm deployed earlier this year to on body scanners at airport security checkpoints is improving security and lowering false alarms, a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official said on […]

The next speaker of the House, after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was forced out on Tuesday, is set to have a significant role in the fate of future security assistance […]

The Pentagon has “deep concern” over the lack of Ukraine aid in the stopgap funding measure passed to avert a government shutdown, the department’s comptroller has said, adding it may […]

The House last Thursday night approved a funding bill that provides $62.8 billion in discretionary appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security, including $2.1 billion toward physical barriers along the […]

The House on Thursday evening passed its $826.5 billion defense spending legislation and a separate bill with $300 million in Ukraine aid, while failing on Friday to approve its stopgap […]

The House has removed $300 million in Ukraine aid from its fiscal year 2024 defense appropriations legislation and is set to consider the funding as a separate bill. The move […]