Senate

Congressional leaders have voiced their displeasure with President Donald Trump’s plans to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan. Last week...

Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House and Senate last week would extend TRICARE health coverage to part-time National Guardsmen and...

Democratic leaders have identified four additions to influential Senate committees that oversee the defense and veteran issues. Sen. Tammy Duckworth...

Familiar faces will lead Republicans on defense and veterans issues in Congress this year, but some powerful senators are also expected to take a back...

Days of back and forth between leaders on Capitol Hill and the White House appeared to leave the nation hurtling towards a partial government shutdown...

Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, said there was “no strategic rationale for any cut” to defense in his first...

Legislation to help small-business owners who serve in the National Guard has passed the Senate and could be approved by the House in the coming weeks...

The growth in the defense spending may soon end. Last week, President Donald Trump directed Pentagon officials to develop a fiscal 2020 defense budget...

For the first time in a decade, the Defense Department is beginning a fiscal year with its full funding in place. President Donald Trump on Friday...

Initial Air Force plans for a separate Space Force include no role for the National Guard. In a Sept. 14 memo outlining its recommendations for the...

Washington decision-makers are a step closer to providing the U.S. military with its first on-time budget in a decade. The Senate today approved a...

Lawmakers from both chambers and both sides of the aisle have asked the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs to do research on marijuana’s...