GOP lawmakers suggest DOD cut climate change initiatives from budget
Republican leaders in Congress are recommending the Pentagon cut $377.35 million worth of climate change initiatives and allocate that money elsewhere.
By Jen Judson
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Families of US troops killed in Kabul airport bombing criticize Biden
Relatives of some of the 13 troops killed in the attack criticized President Biden for how the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was handled.
By Jonathan J. Cooper, Farnoush Amiri, Matthew Lee and Steve Peoples
Trump’s former doctor, a retired Navy admiral, wins House GOP nomination in Texas
President Donald Trump’s former White House physician and onetime pick to head the Department of Veterans Affairs won the Republican nomination for a U.S. House seat in Texas in an election that unfolded amid an alarming spread of the coronavirus.
Withdrawal of US troops from Germany would hurt military, Republican lawmakers warn
Twenty two GOP members of the House Armed Services Committee are panning the plan to move troops away from the European ally.
Women veterans measure at center of congressional controversy advances
The Deborah Sampson Act includes provisions to extend women's health care services and require new action to end sexual harassment at VA facilities.
Budget deal advances despite GOP worries over costs, smaller boost for military
The two-year, $2.7-trillion deal is designed to prevent a government shutdown this fall.
A Navy-Air Force showdown looming in Arizona senate race?
The seat is now held by Republican Martha McSally, a former congresswoman and Air Force pilot who was appointed by Arizona’s GOP governor after longtime Republican Sen. John McCain died.
No end for government shutdown after White House meeting
Washington failed to find compromise to end a partial government shutdown after a meeting between congressional leaders and President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday.
By Joe Gould
Trump tells GOP leaders he won’t sign bill to avoid shutdown
"The president said he will not sign this bill," because it doesn’t include money for his border wall with Mexico House Speaker Paul Ryan said exiting a hastily called meeting with Trump and other GOP lawmakers at the White House.
A 46-year-old ensign who once ran the White House?
Reince Priebus, the once-powerful chairman of the Republican National Committee before he joined the Trump administration in 2017, was picked by a Navy selection board to receive a direct commission as a human resources officer in the Navy Reserve.
Bolton: National debt ‘threat to the society,’ forcing DoD spending to ‘flatten out’
The White House national security adviser is reaffirming 5 percent cuts at federal agencies.
By Joe Gould