Congress

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) wants to tap the Pentagon’s war-funding account to help offset some of the impacts of sequestration budget cuts, which are becoming more apparent to […]

The Pentagon will terminate some science and technology efforts in the coming months and cut hundreds of research grants to universities if “sequestration” budget cuts prevail, a senior Pentagon official […]

Military leaders said yesterday their budgets are being squeezed by the volatility of fossil-fuel prices. Senate Armed Services Readiness and Management Support subcommittee Chairwoman Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) noted to the […]

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told lawmakers Wednesday he eventually will give them a clearer picture of what the next Pentagon budget would look like with “sequestration” cuts factored in, but […]

A wide ranging immigration reform bill introduced in the Senate yesterday that aims to boost border security while also providing a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants that are […]

The head of a House panel said he has concerns about the Pentagon’s proposed changes to a new Army vehicle effort and plans for buying Navy drones, and also is […]

As it did last year, the Obama administration yesterday threatened to veto a bipartisan bill that would provide the private sector with incentives to share cyber threat information with the […]

House Republicans and Democrats on two committees yesterday said they would work to reverse proposed cuts in the Obama administration’s FY ’14 budget request for the Coast Guard that limits […]

An ongoing re-examination the U.S. military strategy is looking at prioritizing weapons programs that have multiple roles, a senior military officer said Tuesday. “One of the principles going forward in […]

Several Democrats last Friday introduced bills in the House and Senate that would increase oversight and training of private security screeners at the nation’s airports. The Contract Screener Reform and […]