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President Donald Trump's request for supplemental Iran war funding has awaited congressional action since June. He is seen here at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9.

Iran war funding dilemma

By John M. Donnelly and David Lerman
Posted September 21, 2026 at 3:04pm
Elbridge Colby, undersecretary of Defense for policy, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 3.

Pentagon official’s ‘contemptuous’ briefing sparks bipartisan ire

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 17, 2026 at 8:26pm
Supporters of Ukraine hold a protest in Lafayette Square across from the White House in Washington on March 1, 2025.

Robust House majority backs sanctions on Russia and Iran

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 16, 2026 at 7:47pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is greeted, from left, by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as he arrives to meet with senators in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Senate weighs next steps on Russia-Iran sanctions

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 29, 2026 at 7:20pm
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth conduct a news conference in the White House briefing room on April 6.

Bipartisan headwinds buffet $1B ‘anomaly’ for Trump battleship

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 27, 2026 at 8:22pm
Fitzpatrick was one of four Republicans to vote in favor of the war powers resolution Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Congress splits on two war powers resolution votes

By Rebecca Kheel and John M. Donnelly
Posted July 23, 2026 at 11:37am
A visitor tours the Korean War Veterans Memorial during a government shutdown on Oct. 20, 2025.

Surge in veterans’ brain injuries shown in VA records

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 20, 2026 at 8:52pm
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., the ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee, raised the issue of cuts to medical research during the panel's June markup of the fiscal 2027 Defense spending bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Defense funding to research troops’ brain injuries shrank since 2025

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 13, 2026 at 8:21am
Marines salute during a ceremony at the Marine Barracks Washington on July 10, 2023.

Contractor curbs on repair data causing Marines ‘significant’ issues

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 7, 2026 at 5:55pm
House Armed Services Chairman Mike D. Rogers, R-Ala. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Fiscal 2027 NDAA approved by House Armed Services Committee

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 5, 2026 at 7:02am
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth takes questions during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

US military actions test Trump’s claim the Iran war is over

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 5, 2026 at 5:03pm
Republicans and Democrats on Thursday lamented the abrupt dismissal of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, seen here.

Appropriators decry firing of Army chief

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 16, 2026 at 8:37pm
Space Force Gen. Stephen Whiting, the commander of U.S. Space Command, left, and Adm. Richard Correll, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Senators worry about ‘historically dangerous’ strategic threats

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 26, 2026 at 5:27pm
From left, FBI Director Kash Patel, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. James Adams, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Acting NSA Director Lt. Gen. William Hartman, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe testify during the Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing on "Worldwide Threats" in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

Threats hearing leaves unanswered questions on Iran war

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 18, 2026 at 4:16pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune hasn’t ruled out attaching other legislative priorities to a war funding package.

Uncertain path for Iran war funding

By John M. Donnelly and David Lerman
Posted March 16, 2026 at 4:44pm
Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., right, and ranking member Jack Reed, D-R.I., prepare for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Thursday.

Armed Services members in the dark on details of war costs

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 13, 2026 at 6:30am
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., is among the critics of the Trump administration's easing of sanctions against Russian oil exports.

Ukraine supporters oppose easing of Russia sanctions

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 12, 2026 at 7:00am
Sens. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, left, and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire added their voices Tuesday to the chorus of Democrats calling for public hearings about the Iran war.

Senate Democrats’ calls for public Iran hearings grow louder

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 10, 2026 at 8:49pm
Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., is seen during votes in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.

Lawmakers’ concerns grow about Americans left stranded in Mideast

By John M. Donnelly and Savannah Behrmann
Posted March 3, 2026 at 10:03pm
Last month, Rep. Elise Stefanik celebrated securing $12.5 million for a tech accelerator in upstate New York that the Pentagon had not requested.

Hill added $34 billion in unrequested defense program funds

By John M. Donnelly
Posted February 26, 2026 at 6:25pm
Former Rep. Lee H. Hamilton, right, who served as vice chair of the 9/11 commission, is pictured at a 2010 hearing with the panel's former chairman, Thomas H. Kean.

Hamilton seen, then and now, as embodying ideal of bipartisanship

By John M. Donnelly
Posted February 4, 2026 at 6:50pm
Sen. Susan Collins says more than 80 percent of the Department of Homeland Security’s funding bill is for “non-immigration and non-border security” functions.

Coast Guard budget boost hangs in limbo amid DHS debate

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 26, 2026 at 8:23pm
A U.S. military MQ-9 Reaper drone taxis on a tarmac at Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, on Dec. 29, 2025. Since September, U.S. forces have launched dozens of airstrikes on boats accused of trafficking drugs.

Spending bill would block DHS from arming long-range drones

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 26, 2026 at 5:39pm
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, June 1, 2023.

GOP hawks show contrast with Trump on European allies

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 14, 2026 at 5:38pm
Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at the Capitol Visitor Center on Monday to brief House and Senate leaders about the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Classified Venezuela briefings precede likely war powers vote

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 6, 2026 at 5:06am
Protesters gathered at the White House on Saturday after news broke of the ouster of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.

Congress poised to weigh in on Venezuela campaign

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 3, 2026 at 5:47pm
A protester outside the White House weighs in on President Donald Trump's decision to bomb Venezuela on Saturday.

US capture of Maduro rests on criminal case

By Ryan Tarinelli and John M. Donnelly
Posted January 3, 2026 at 12:29pm
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee markup in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 31.

Defense panels still not clear on Golden Dome’s attributes

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 29, 2025 at 7:00am
Sen. Ted Cruz, left, and Sen. Maria Cantwell, right, hold a press conference Monday with families who lost loved ones in the January 2025 DCA plane crash. Christina Stovall, third from left, who lost her son Michael "Mikey" Bret Stovall, is comforted by Laura Augendre, who lost her cousin, Peter Livingston and his family. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Reagan National airport safety looms as appropriations issue

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 15, 2025 at 6:35pm, Updated December 17, 2025 at 4:35pm
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., said other Republicans share his reservations about the president's approach to Russia.

Bacon calls Trump ‘the new Chamberlain’ over Russia policy

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 12, 2025 at 8:53pm
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200 plane passes by the Capitol as it comes in for a landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Nov. 9.

Senate eyes NDAA passage next week amid aviation safety worries

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 12, 2025 at 2:59pm
House Armed Services Chairman Mike D. Rogers, R-Ala., left, speaks with ranking member Adam Smith, D-Wash., before a markup on April 29.

House votes overwhelmingly to pass compromise NDAA

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 10, 2025 at 7:16pm
Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., attends the House Armed Services Committee markup of the defense portion of the budget reconciliation package in April.

Trump threatened to veto NDAA over base names, Rep. Strickland says

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 8, 2025 at 7:44pm
A compromise defense authorization bill calls for a higher defense spending level than President Donald Trump requested, although it’s less than the Senate wants.

Defense spending uptick

By John M. Donnelly, Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted December 8, 2025 at 2:56pm
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Oct. 16.

FBI probes Democrats who taped viral video message to military

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 25, 2025 at 6:01pm, Updated at 7:53pm
Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., attends a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

Defense contractors fight back against NDAA repair language

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 17, 2025 at 11:43am
Calvert quickly announced his plans to run in the adjacent 40th District in 2026.

It’s Calvert vs. Kim in redrawn Southern California district

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 5, 2025 at 4:28pm
Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., are pushing for new sanctions on Russia.

On Ukraine, European leaders and top senators are in sync

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 27, 2025 at 11:45am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Oct. 8.

Senators propose ‘Russia Week,’ but Trump’s stance unclear

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 23, 2025 at 7:15pm
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte conducts a news conference in Dirksen Senate Office Building with Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., right, and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., on the war between Ukraine and Russian on Wednesday.

Senate bills pressuring Russia advance into uncertain future

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 22, 2025 at 4:54pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a July 8 news conference.

DHS taps ‘big beautiful bill’ funding for Coast Guard paychecks

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 14, 2025 at 2:59pm, Updated at 6:45pm
The fiscal generosity for weapons projects favored by Congress but not the Pentagon is a thoroughly bipartisan phenomenon.

Hill added $100 billion-plus since 2022 on unrequested weapons

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 16, 2025 at 3:34pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate tables Schumer’s motion for a vote on Epstein files

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 10, 2025 at 4:30pm, Updated at 7:09pm
President Donald Trump looks at a model of a B-52 bomber as he signs executive orders on Friday, including the renaming of the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

Trump unveils ‘Department of War’ — but Hill may have a say

By John M. Donnelly and Caroline Coudriet
Posted September 5, 2025 at 6:56pm
The Modern Military Association of America, an LBGTQ military and veterans group, marches down Pennsylvania Avenue NW during the WorldPride Parade in Washington on June 7, 2025. Washington was the host city for the annual WorldPride this year.

Battle over transgender troops reignites on Capitol Hill

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 24, 2025 at 5:10pm
President Donald Trump and military leaders watch a demonstration by special operations soldiers at Fort Bragg, N.C., on June 10.

Senate, House NDAAs address Confederate military names

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 17, 2025 at 6:25pm
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on May 20 on his plans for the "Golden Dome," a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Draft House NDAA demands details on Trump’s Golden Dome

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 9, 2025 at 2:36pm
A soldier holds a drone in the Pentagon parking lot on June 14.

House panel wants anti-drone systems at US defense facilities

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 9, 2025 at 11:27am
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., arrives for a vote in the Capitol on May 13.

Parties split on deploying troops against California protesters

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 9, 2025 at 9:20pm
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., talks with reporters outside the Capitol Hill Club after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

Members vexed by Cyber Command turmoil

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 19, 2025 at 11:44am
Elon Musk attended President Trump’s address to Congress in March.

Democrats renew call for probe of Musk-Putin ties

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 16, 2025 at 6:30am
Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker, R-Miss., raised concerns about the defense elements of President Donald Trump's fiscal 2026 budget proposal.

Defense budget increase hinges on reconciliation success

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 2, 2025 at 4:30pm
Rep. Elise Stefanik, who was among the lawmakers mentioned in the report, said she would "always work to deliver results for NY-21 defense companies that support jobs in my district and ensure our service members have access to the best technology possible."

Hill wants $15 billion for weapons Pentagon didn’t seek: report

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 2, 2025 at 9:00pm
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., references a copy of the Signal chat about attacks against Houthis in Yemen that included a reporter, while questioning witnesses during the House Select Intelligence Committee hearing on Wednesday.

Bipartisan chorus seeks probes after Signal group chat incident

By Briana Reilly and John M. Donnelly
Posted March 26, 2025 at 4:13pm
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the top Appropriations Democrat, said the continuing resolution would create "an utterly massive hole" in the budget for the National Institutes of Health. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Fears grow about plan to cut Pentagon medical research fund

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 13, 2025 at 6:05pm
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said the Navy should buy the extra Arleigh Burke destroyer because the destroyer fleet needs to grow to deter China's burgeoning armada.

CR would provide $1.5 billion for extra, unrequested warship

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 11, 2025 at 9:15pm
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., talks with a reporter after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Dec. 17, 2024.

Yearly cost of Trump’s border missions could exceed $1 billion

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 5, 2025 at 6:16pm
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for photographers just before their contentious Feb. 28 meeting in the Oval Office.

Trump’s tilt toward Moscow raises global questions

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 3, 2025 at 6:50pm
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives in his wheelchair for the cloture vote on FBI nominee Kash Patel on Thursday. McConnell has been the strongest GOP opponent of President Donald Trump's shifts in Russia policy.

Republicans mostly mum on Trump’s upending of Russia policy

By John M. Donnelly
Posted February 24, 2025 at 5:19pm, Updated at 5:59pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with senators during a July 2024 visit to Washington.

Trump’s proposed Ukraine reset gets mixed Hill reaction

By John M. Donnelly
Posted February 12, 2025 at 3:19pm
National security adviser Michael Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are pictured during Hegseth's confirmation hearing last month.

Trump’s picks for Pentagon team spark GOP debate on security

By John M. Donnelly
Posted February 6, 2025 at 5:01am
Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's Defense secretary pick, and his wife, Jennifer, make their way to a meeting with Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., in the Russell Senate Office Building on Dec. 12, 2024.

Senate confirms Hegseth as next Defense secretary

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 24, 2025 at 10:07pm
The annual defense policy bill is one of Congress' few must-pass measures.

House sends compromise NDAA to Senate

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 11, 2024 at 6:30pm
A military honor guard carries the flags of the liberating U.S. Army divisions into the Capitol during the a Holocaust memorial ceremony on May 7. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

NDAA features historic raise for junior enlisted troops

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 9, 2024 at 6:47am
Defense Department inspector general Robert Storch during his confirmation hearing in 2022.

Intelligence watchdog departures raise red flags in Congress

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 22, 2024 at 10:39am
Veteran and Fox News host Pete Hesgeth is President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon.

Senators divided on Hegseth nomination for Defense secretary

By Mark Satter, John M. Donnelly and Briana Reilly
Posted November 13, 2024 at 5:21pm
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Defense secretary, previously led two veterans advocacy groups, Concerned Veterans of America and Vets for Freedom.

Trump taps Hegseth, veteran and Fox News host, to head DOD

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 12, 2024 at 9:10pm
Anti-scalable metal fencing has been erected around the construction site for the 2025 inauguration platform on the West Front of the Capitol. For previous inaugurations, plastic mesh fencing was used to block off the area.

Domestic terrorism, some committed by veterans, rising

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 22, 2024 at 7:33pm
“lf left unaddressed, certain provisions in the House-passed or Senate-proposed bills will substantially impact the Department's ability to accomplish our strategic goals," Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III wrote in a recent letter.

Pentagon voices ‘significant concern’ with many NDAA provisions

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 3, 2024 at 7:53pm
Senate Defense Appropriations Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., touted the benefits to his state of unrequested projects in the fiscal 2025 spending bill.

Defense spending bills see another surge in unrequested items

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 12, 2024 at 5:30am
House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hand medals to family members of the servicemembers killed in the 2021 terrorist attack at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday.

Congress honors 13 servicemembers killed as US pulled out of Afghanistan

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 10, 2024 at 1:39pm
A Taliban fighter stands guard at Kabul airport on Aug. 27, 2021, at the site of the twin suicide bombs that killed scores of people, including 13 U.S. troops, the previous day.

Afghanistan withdrawal becomes 2024 election issue

By John M. Donnelly
Posted August 26, 2024 at 6:28pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vice President Kamala Harris shake hands at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Feb. 17.

How Kamala Harris could approach foreign conflicts as president

By Caroline Coudriet, John M. Donnelly and Mark Satter
Posted July 24, 2024 at 10:56am
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, speaks with ranking member Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, before a hearing on Nov. 8, 2023.

Senate appropriators ready emergency adds to spending bills

By Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted July 8, 2024 at 3:33pm, Updated at 7:13pm
Warren and other liberal lawmakers want the administration to take a hard look at two TransDigm acquisitions.

Lawmakers request review of two defense industry acquisitions

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 1, 2024 at 7:00am
Children walk by a Starlink terminal near the community center in the Ukraine village of Rubtsi on April 19.

Pentagon pursuing Russian use of Musk’s Starlink terminals

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 21, 2024 at 3:00pm
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., unveiled subcommittee allocations with deep cuts to nondefense spending that angered Democrats.

Funding allocations trouble

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted May 20, 2024 at 3:39pm
Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., is among the lawmakers pushing to increase the Pentagon's Basic Housing Allowance.

Draft NDAA seeks to cut housing costs for military families

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 16, 2024 at 2:28pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has called for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to resign after taking up a Ukraine aid bill and is threatening to force a vote on ousting him.

Politics of Ukraine aid

By David Lerman and John M. Donnelly
Posted April 22, 2024 at 3:25pm
Saturday's vote marks a win for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who nonetheless faces an existential threat to his job.

House passes $95.3B aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan

By John M. Donnelly and David Lerman
Posted April 20, 2024 at 2:04pm
Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon, the Quality of Life Panel’s chairman, leaves a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Panel pitches NDAA plan to improve troops’ quality of life

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 16, 2024 at 5:34pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to the media on the House steps of the Capitol after filing her motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson on March 22.

Greene lays out case to oust speaker in letter to colleagues

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 9, 2024 at 3:45pm
In a cryptic statement Wednesday, House Intelligence Chairman Michael R. Turner made mention of a “serious national security threat” that he asked the Biden administration to tell the public about.

Ultraconservatives criticize Turner over ‘threat’ statement

By John M. Donnelly
Posted February 15, 2024 at 3:54pm
Texas Sen. John Cornyn warned Democrats not to "jam" the supplemental bill through the Senate.

Supplemental vote expected next week, but path to passage fraught

By John M. Donnelly and Briana Reilly
Posted February 1, 2024 at 6:15pm
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., shown speaking to reporters in the Senate subway Jan. 25, said Republicans have yet to decide whether they want to both continue funding Ukraine and address border security.

Supplemental stuck for now in Senate starting blocks

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 31, 2024 at 6:00am
Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is pushing to pass a tax deal by month's end.

Prospects for tax and border deals

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and John M. Donnelly
Posted January 22, 2024 at 5:10pm
House and Senate leaders are scheduled to meet with President Biden at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the security supplemental.

Hill leaders to meet with Biden to talk security supplemental

By Briana Reilly and John M. Donnelly
Posted January 16, 2024 at 3:53pm
Mike McCord, comptroller of the Defense Department, told House and Senate committees in a letter that funds for Ukraine are nearly exhausted.

Key US fund for Ukraine about to be ‘exhausted’

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 18, 2023 at 5:44pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., delayed the holiday recess to try to reach a border security deal for a war funding package.

Showdown on the border

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted December 15, 2023 at 2:46pm
House Armed Services Chairman Mike D. Rogers, left, and ranking member Adam Smith attend the House and Senate committee markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2024 in the Dirksen Building on Nov. 29.

House sends final NDAA to Biden’s desk

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 14, 2023 at 12:35pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy smiles back at International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva after they spoke to the press following talks at IMF headquarters on Monday.

Zelenskyy makes one more push for aid before Christmas recess

By Niels Lesniewski and John M. Donnelly
Posted December 11, 2023 at 5:59pm
The House version of the annual defense spending bill includes $675 million for tiltrotor aircraft the Navy did not request.

Members want $26 billion for programs the Pentagon didn’t seek

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 1, 2023 at 3:54pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., says Republican immigration demands are holding up aid to Israel and Ukraine.

Hard slog on war funds and appropriations

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted December 1, 2023 at 2:26pm
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.

Fight against ‘price gouging’ on military parts heats up

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 30, 2023 at 8:29am
Defense hawks are concerned by potential cuts to the Pentagon's fiscal 2024 budget.

Stopgap spending bill raises sequester specter at Pentagon

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 15, 2023 at 4:17pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., on Tuesday. He has said his chamber won't consider the House's stand-alone Israel aid bill.

Forecast for security spending remains cloudy

By John M. Donnelly, David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted November 7, 2023 at 6:30pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., is pushing for domestic spending as part of an emergency foreign aid package.

Funding mess ahead

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and John M. Donnelly
Posted November 6, 2023 at 3:08pm
The bipartisan, bicameral letter to Armed Services committee leaders was led by Democratic Rep. Jimmy Panetta of California, above, and Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois.

Lawmakers urge expanded ‘basic needs allowance’ for troops

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 25, 2023 at 6:28pm
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., received support from several Democrats for his amendment dealing with veterans' gun rights.

Senate adopts gun provision among amendments to spending bill

By Caitlin Reilly, John M. Donnelly, Valerie Yurk and Ellyn Ferguson
Posted October 25, 2023 at 6:07pm, Updated at 7:42pm
Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza on October 11, 2023.

Fate of two idle Iron Dome batteries in U.S. remains unclear

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 13, 2023 at 5:06pm