Republicans Unveil Pentagon Portion of Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' with Extra Money for Barracks The quality-of-life funding is part of the $150 billion for the Defense Department that Republicans are proposing in a wide...
DC Weighs Layoffs and Other Cuts as House Leaves Capital City in Budget Limbo Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser tried to keep the focus on a groundbreaking ceremony for a new mixed-used development. But she...
Pentagon Turns Focus to Potentially Privatizing Commissaries, Military Exchanges The Pentagon’s newest push to trim its workforce and spending could mean that on-base grocery stores and shops designed to...
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting...
Lawmakers Press VA for New Cost Estimate on Electronic Heath Records System Senators want to know the estimated price tag as the Department of Veterans Affairs announced new locations for deploying the...
Capitol Hill Wants $15 Billion for Weapons Pentagon Didn’t Seek: Report The spending directions from Congress are included in tables that Republican Defense appropriators sent the department last...
VA's Top Watchdog Agency Blames Poor Accounting Practices for Last Year's Budget Scare The VA had requested an extra $15 billion from Congress to cover health care and benefits last year but later said most of...
Pentagon to Unveil Cuts Alongside Fiscal 2026 Budget Request The letter, addressed to House Armed Services Chair Mike D. Rogers, R- Ala., and dated March 5, states that Congress will be...
House's Continuing Resolution Would Provide $1.5 Billion for Extra, Unrequested Warship The continuing resolution the House passed Tuesday would add more than $1.5 billion to start building a warship that the Navy...
Pentagon Leaders Silent on Impending Civilian Firings, DOGE Funding Cuts as Questions Mount Top leaders at the Pentagon say they have begun making budget cuts in pursuit of President Donald Trump's efforts to...
Marine Sergeant Sentenced to Confinement, Dishonorable Discharge and Reduction in Rank for Lejeune Killing Dakota Honstein pleaded not guilty and was acquitted of the most severe charge -- murder, also known as Article 118 in...
Here Are All the Big Cuts and Changes Coming to the Army The service's aim is to streamline the force while investing in emerging technologies that Army officials say are critical to...
Problems with Privatized Household Goods Shipments Prompt Hegseth to Order Immediate Changes The directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth follows a rash of issues with a contract meant to privatize the Defense...
A Single Server Holds All Navy Pay and Promotion Data. DOGE Canceled a Contract to Upload It to the Cloud. The Navy has been in a yearslong struggle to modernize its critically important human resources computer systems that...
Cots, MREs, Per Diem: Army Offers New Details for Soldiers Sent to Massive D.C. Military Parade Thousands of soldiers flying or busing into Washington, D.C., next month will be sleeping on cots, eating mostly MREs (and...
