House votes to curtail Insurrection Act powers
The Democratic-controlled House voted Monday to add limits to the Insurrection Act after President Trump threatened to invoke it to deploy active-duty troops against recent protests over racial...
View ArticleHouse votes to block funding for nuclear testing
The House approved Monday a measure aimed at preventing President Trump from conducting the United States’s first explosive nuclear test in decades.The House voted 227-179, largely along party lines,...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: House approves defense policy bill amendments on...
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View ArticleEsper says he hasn't ordered US troops pulled from South Korea
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that he has not given orders to pull U.S. troops from South Korea, but did not rule out such a decision in the future.“I’ve issued no orders to withdraw forces...
View ArticleHouse Democrats add some 'forever chemicals' provisions to defense...
House Democrats added several amendments aiming to regulate a class of cancer-linked chemicals called PFAS to a defense spending bill Monday. The additions followed the failure of the chamber to add a...
View ArticlePentagon: Esper concerned about law enforcement officers wearing military garb
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has expressed concern within the administration about federal law enforcement officers wearing military-style uniforms while responding to protests.Esper has not directly...
View ArticleWhite House threatens veto of defense bill over Confederate provision
The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto annual defense policy legislation in part because it includes a provision that would direct the Pentagon to rename military bases currently named after...
View ArticleSenate rejects broad restrictions on transfers of military-grade equipment to...
The Senate on Tuesday rejected a proposal to place broad restrictions on the transfer of military-grade equipment to local police departments.Senators voted 51-49 on an amendment, spearheaded by Sen....
View ArticleOvernight Defense: House passes defense bill that Trump threatened to veto |...
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View ArticleHouse passes defense policy bill that Trump threatened to veto
The House approved its annual defense policy bill in a 295-125 vote on Tuesday, taking a step toward confrontation with President Trump over stripping Confederate names from military bases. The fiscal...
View ArticleHouse-approved defense bill would ban TikTok from government devices
An amendment banning the use of TikTok on government devices was successfully attached to the annual defense policy approved by the House Tuesday.The proposal, brought by Rep. Ken Buck (D-Colo.), would...
View ArticleSoldier's body found near Fort Hood, marks third death in month
Army officials on Tuesday reported another Fort Hood soldier has been found near the base, the third time in a month that a body of a soldier from the Texas army base was discovered.Officials...
View ArticleUS military strikes ISIS in Somalia
U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against ISIS in Somalia on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.The airstrike happened after the militants attacked partner forces in a remote location near Timirshe in...
View ArticleSenate poised to pass defense bill with plan changing Confederate-named bases
The Senate is poised to pass a mammoth defense policy bill with a plan to change the names of Confederate-named military installations that sparked a veto threat from President Trump.The Senate will...
View ArticleUS service member dies in 'mishap' while on patrol in Syria
A U.S. service member with the international coalition to defeat ISIS died Tuesday in Syria while on security patrol, according to a top commander.Air Force Maj. Gen. Kenneth Ekman, deputy commander...
View ArticleSpace Force unveils 'semper supra' motto, delta logo
The U.S. Space Force’s official motto will be “semper supra,” the Latin for “always above,” the military service announced Wednesday.The Space Force also unveiled Wednesday its official logo, a silver...
View ArticleLawmakers press Lockheed to pay back Pentagon for F-35 issues
Lawmakers on Wednesday pressed F-35 maker Lockheed Martin to pay the Pentagon back millions of dollars in potentially lost labor after the firm delivered parts unable to be installed on the fighter...
View ArticleGOP Senate chairman backs Germany drawdown
The Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee is backing the Trump administration’s plans to move thousands of U.S. troops out of Germany.Sen. James Inhofe (Okla.) said he arrived at...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Senate poised to pass defense bill with requirement to...
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View ArticlePentagon identifies US soldier killed in Syria
The Pentagon on Thursday identified the U.S. soldier killed in a vehicle rollover accident in Syria earlier this week.Sgt. Bryan Cooper Mount, 25, from St. George, Utah, died Tuesday while completing...
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