Congress

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 […]

The Senate’s bipartisan deal to avoid a shutdown and keep the government open through Nov. 17 has $4.5 billion for Pentagon-related Ukraine aid efforts and includes an anomaly for the […]

The Pentagon’s acquisition chief said Tuesday a potential government shutdown would be “extremely disruptive,” citing impacts to testing and acceptance of new equipment. Bill LaPlante, under secretary of defense for […]

The U.S. has approved $325 million in new weapons aid for Ukraine, which arrives as a group of Republican lawmakers affirmed their opposition to further security assistance funding for Kyiv. […]

The Senate has confirmed the next Joint Chiefs chairman and the new uniformed leaders of the Army and Marine Corps, working around Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) ongoing block of military […]

Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) cyber, information technologies and innovation (CITI) panel, and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), the HASC CITI panel’s ranking […]