Joe Gould
Joe Gould was the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, politics and the defense industry. He had previously served as Congress reporter.
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Republican budget plan will ‘undermine’ US security, warns Biden admin
The Biden administration is portraying plans from Republicans to gut the federal budget as jeopardizing national security.
Pentagon gives senators peek at Trump’s nuclear strategy in classified brief
The Pentagon’s No. 2 civilian and uniformed officer have given a classified preview of President Trump’s newly drafted nuclear weapons strategy to Senate Armed Services Committee.
Shutdown over: Congress reaches deal to restart government operations
The new deal keeps the government funded through Feb. 8, and ends the federal shutdown after three contentious days.
US Senate delays temporary spending vote, upping shutdown drama
Lawmakers remained deadlocked as U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell nudged closer to a Friday deadline the Senate’s vote on a House-passed stopgap measure to avert a government shutdown.
Fed workforce: Here's how Congress might protect your pay during a shutdown
Dozens of lawmakers hope to blunt the impact of a federal government shutdown on federal workers.
US lawmakers: 'Bloody nose' strike would spark massive war
A day after the U.S. secretary of state warned of military action against North Korea, if it does not negotiate to relinquish its nuclear weapons, several U.S. lawmakers exhorted that even limited strikes would provoke a catastrophic war.
Graham to GOP: Give on immigration to get military spending boost
If congressional Republicans want a deal to avert a shutdown and boost military spending, they'll have to start convincing each other.
Corker touts ‘progress’ to replace war authorizations
Republicans and Democrats have argued for years that the war authorizations Congress passed after 9/11 have since been overstretched by successive presidents and that Congress must reassert its war-making powers.
State doubles its influence on Senate Armed Services Committee
Republicans have named South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Mattis asks senators to end budget chaos
US lawmakers welcomed Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ visit to Capitol Hill Tuesday to talk up defense spending and decry unstable budgeting, but it’s unclear he moved the needle in favor of Pentagon spending.
