Congress

Seeking to close a loophole in existing law, several House members this week introduced a bill that would require domestic flight training schools to check the status of U.S. citizens […]

The Senate passed via a 73-26 vote on Wednesday a level-funded $518 billion defense appropriations bill after rejecting an attempt to reduce military-biofuel funds in it. The Senate made no […]

The F-35 strike fighter aircraft program will be subject to the same cuts as other defense programs under the budget sequester, the Defense Department’s Budget Chief told a House panel […]

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) is calling on lawmakers pushing for a new missile-defense site on the East Coast of the United States to temper their […]

The Pentagon is reviewing the new Defense Strategic Guidance it released last year in light of fiscal constraints, but said it has not gone as far as to end the […]

Hawkish lawmakers applauded the Pentagon’s announcement that it will boost missile-defense efforts–including burying more interceptors in Alaska–in response to Iran and North Korea’s work to develop long-range missiles. Yet Republicans […]

Following criticism of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from some stakeholders in the aviation community over the agency’s pending change to its list of items allowed to be carried onboard […]

The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee yesterday unanimously approved a cyber security bill that promotes, and improves coordination of, related research and development (R&D). Key provisions of the Cyber […]

The Senate Budget Committee passed on Thursday night a federal budget resolution, which the panel’s lead Republican charged provides incorrect estimates for war funding. The Democratic-led panel approved its 10-year, […]

Citing his agency’s authority to prevent terrorist attacks as well as to continue to move toward a screening model focused on bad people rather than just bad things, Transportation Security […]