Ousted Navy Admiral Vying for Rep. Nancy Mace's Seat in South Carolina Former Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore is running for South Carolina’s 1st District on a platform of tougher Pentagon oversight...
National Guard Deployments Have Cost US Taxpayers Almost $600M: CBO The White House defends the costs, saying crime has decreased and Americans feel safer. Democratic senators said the...
Trump Proposes Massive Increase in 2027 Defense Spending to $1.5T, Citing ‘Dangerous Times' President Donald Trump is proposing setting military spending at $1_5 trillion in 2027, citing “troubled and dangerous times...
Trump Signs Into Law the 2026 Military Pay Raise. Here’s How Much You’ll Get President Donald Trump signed the annual defense authorization bill into law Dec. 18, confirming a 3.8% raise in military...
2026 National Defense Authorization Act Targets ‘Woke Ideology,' Cuts IVF for Military Families The final bill text of the 2026 NDAA is described by GOP lawmakers as a "Peace Through Strength" agenda. A vote could come...
Watchdog Finds 50% Increase in VA Medical Center Jobs with 'Severe' Shortages This year, Veterans Health Administration facilities reported 4,434 severe occupational staffing shortages in jobs ranging...
Senate's VA Spending Bill Seeks Assurance Staff Cuts Won't Hinder Veterans' Care The language in the Senate's version of the fiscal 2026 VA appropriations bill offers a mild, but notable bipartisan rebuke...
The New VA Budget Pushes to Privatize Care, Risking the Veterans Health System "We are watching the slow dismantling of the VA from the inside out, buried in a budget document. If left unchecked, this...
Coast Guard Receives Unprecedented $25 Billion Infusion Under Sweeping 'Big Beautiful Bill' The service will receive funding for more ships, helicopters and unmanned systems and maintenance of installations and...
Sweeping Trump Agenda Bill with $157 Billion Defense Boost, Food Aid Cuts Approved by Congress The House voted 218-214 almost entirely along party lines on Thursday afternoon to pass the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
From Iraq to Iran: How Congress Handed Over War Powers to the Presidency The 9/11 attacks were a sea change in U.S. foreign policy and diminished congressional authority, with partisanship on...
Left Face Down in the Mud: How an Air Force Veteran, Amputee Found Hope A life-changing injury and having to raise three kids alone made Jason Morgan more resolute in the long run.
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
SNL Mocks Iran Conflict as Pete Hegseth Calls It a ‘Situationship’ “This isn’t a war, it’s a situationship.” SNL skewers tensions with Iran in a wild press briefing sketch starring Colin Jost...
