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GOP green lights FY25 defense bill, but more social fights ahead
Abortion, diversity training and COVID prevention are again hot-button issues in the military appropriations plan for next year.
One of the last survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack has died at 102
Fair winds and following seas to Richard C. "Dick" Higgins, a Pearl Harbor survivor who died this week.
House Dems bail on defense bill as GOP votes to repeal abortion policy
House Republicans voted to add several conservative Freedom Caucus amendments on abortion and transgender troops to the previously bipartisan defense bill.
Senate votes to repeal Iraq war authorizations
Some Iraq war veterans have rallied around the bipartisan vote to repeal the 2002 authorization as Congress seeks to reassert its war powers authorities.
DoD’s missing Jan. 6 phone records need investigation, Senate leader demands
Sen. Dick Durbin said the Defense Department inspector general needs to determine whether the records were accidentally or purposefully deleted.
One final toast: Last goblet ceremony held for Dick Cole and the Doolittle Raiders
"To those who have gone": Top Air Force leaders and the Cole family bid farewell to the Raiders one last time.
No clear return date for troops headed to Europe amid Russia threats
Lawmakers were briefed Thursday by senior administration officials about the troop moves and latest tensions in Ukraine.
Report: Airmen in fatal Humvee accident weren’t properly wearing seatbelts, helmets
One airman died and two were injured when a Humvee's sharp turn on a gravel road led to a rollover.
House takes up progressive-led defense spending cuts this week
House progressives will have a few chances to hold down the defense budget this week, but it’s going to be an uphill fight.
By Joe Gould