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Nearly $6B in Ukraine aid at risk if Congress doesn’t act by month-end
The Biden administration has asked Congress to include the funding authority in any continuing resolution lawmakers may manage to pass by Sept. 30.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Military border deployments are legally good-to-go, IG finds
Though controversial, the Defense Department's inspector general found that the Pentagon followed the law in mobilizing troops to support Customs and Border Patrol.
Feds’ pay increase doesn’t make House-passed funding
The usual legislative vehicle for boosting federal pay lacks provisions for a basic increase in 2021.
By Jessie Bur
USCIS postpones planned employee furloughs
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agreed to delay its mass furlough plans for another few weeks, after budget reevaluations.
By Jessie Bur
The military is drawing down its U.S.-Mexico border mission. Sort of.
While the border mission is being extended, the number of troops deployed is dropping.
Elaine McCusker, Pentagon comptroller, resigns
McCusker's nomination for the permanent comptroller job was pulled in March.
By Aaron Mehta
Many low-income military families need SNAP, but can’t overcome an eligibility hurdle
Congress should revisit SNAP eligibility for military families in the next coronavirus relief bill by excluding BAH from gross income, say the authors of this commentary.
By Frances Tilney Burke and Angela Rachidi
No extra money for defense amid coronavirus crisis, think tank argues
The Center for American Progress says $740 billion in planned defense spending is more than enough to cover military needs.
8 steps to fully funding our Air and Space forces
America’s dominance in the air, space and cyber domains has been our asymmetric advantage for decades. Yet, this dominance can no longer be taken for granted.
By Lt. Gen. Bruce “Orville” Wright (ret.) and Col. Keith Zuegel (ret.)