Republican defense hawks insist that Speaker McCarthy's spending agreement won't cut military spending, but they're also brainstorming Pentagon savings.
The Marine general who heads combat operations in Africa faced questions from lawmakers about the investigation into the deaths of four soldiers in an October ambush in Niger.
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.
A bipartisan group of veterans on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee is offering a replacement authorization for the use of military force, riding some recent momentum in both chambers.
Before the House last Friday unanimously passed legislation to start the process of building a Global War on Terrorism memorial, a line of young war veterans took to the chamber floor to offer an emotional view of the importance of the work.