Congress

The nation’s governors are urging lawmakers to swiftly pass a defense policy bill that preserves state authority over the National Guard.

NGAUS has requested Congress fund several items in its fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill that would "significantly impact" the National Guard.

William Matney, an Army National Guardsman with the Virginia Guard, began his role as a legislative analyst at NGAUS on Nov. 4.

Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a lame-duck session to complete the 118th Congress' business, including addressing the nation's annual defense policy bill and funding the federal government for fiscal 2025.

A clearer picture exists of the current and former National Guardsmen who will serve in the 119th Congress.

More than 100 lawmakers are calling for a provision to be included in the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act that would potentially resolve a contentious debate over the Air Force’s proposal to transfer National Guardsmen to the Space Force without the consent of their governors.

Fiscal 2025 has begun on a continuing resolution that keeps the federal government open but puts many military modernization programs on hold.

Congressional leaders announced Sunday that they had agreed on a bipartisan bill to fund government agencies through Dec. 20.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Rep. John James, R-Mich., and Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., addressed the 146th NGAUS General Conference and Exhibition in Detroit last weekend.

A top Air Force commander at North American Aerospace Defense Command has been nominated to be the next chief of the National Guard Bureau.

America is closer to fighting a major war with a near-peer adversary than at any time in the last 80 years, and the nation — including the U.S. military — is not prepared.

President Joe Biden has nominated Maj. Gen. Jonathan M. Stubbs, the adjutant general of Arkansas, to be the next director of the Army National Guard, the Pentagon announced July 10.