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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
Latest emergency coronavirus funding package includes tens of billions for defense, VA
The $2 trillion plan also includes expanded unemployment benefits and big loans for American industries.
VA eyes $16 billion-plus in emergency funds to help with coronavirus response
The money would be part of an upcoming emergency spending package being discussed by Congress.
Air Force selects 144 enlisted airmen for supplemental promotion
The Air Force holds supplemental promotions for enlisted airmen who test out of the normal cycle.
Judge: Military funds for Washington state’s Naval Base Kitsap can’t go to Trump border wall
President Donald Trump may not divert $89 million intended for a military construction project in Washington state to build his border wall, a U.S. judge in Seattle ruled Thursday.
Pentagon leaders taken to task for funding border wall
Some lawmakers are introducing legislation to keep the Pentagon from reprogramming money for the wall.
Why this could be the last year the Pentagon pays for the border wall
The Pentagon has so far chipped in almost $10 billion for the wall's construction.
Pentagon seeks to cut F-35s, other equipment to pay for Trump’s border wall
The department would reprogram $3.8 billion in fiscal year 2020 funds, largely from procurement accounts.
After decades focused on terrorism, special operations is broadening its horizons
What is the future of special operations in the face of competition with China and Russia?
US military budget request for Afghanistan lowest in a decade
The Defense Department detailed that the OCO budget request for Afghanistan “assumes a drawdown of forces."
By Shawn Snow