Congress agrees on defense billKen Guggenheim
Hegseth confirmed as defense secretary in tie-breaker vote Meghann Myers January 24, 2025 The D Brief: Hegseth’s $50K payout; Trump to NATO: spend 5% of GDP; DOD telework, cancelled; Boeing’s new losses; And a bit more. Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston January 24, 2025 Hegseth sai...
The bill, known as theNational Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, passed the House by a bipartisan vote of 310 to 118 in one of the chamber's last acts before lawmakers leave for their holiday recess. The Senate had already voted to approve the measure on Wednesday night by a vote of ...
Philippine Congress Passes Autonomy Bill for Volatile Muslim Region More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Residents who returned from evacuation centers walk past a bullet-ridden house believed to have been rented by pro-Islamic State militant group leaders Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute before their...
Pentagon Chief Calls on Congress to Pass Spending Bill on Time More Reuters FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a news briefing after participating a virtual Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., No...
CONGRESS; ANWR IN DEFENSE BILL; House OKs Alaskan oil drilling after all-night session; In a reversal, Mark Kennedy backed the plan. Jim Ramstad called attaching the measure to a defense bill an "outrageous abuse of power." The Senate could vote on it Wednesday.(NEWS)Hotakainen, Rob...
On August 1, the Senate voted 87 to 10 to approve the Conference Report on the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), ending a months-long...
Congress has procured a total of 13 ships, including three destroyers, in its final version of the fiscal year 2022 defense authorization bill, five more ships than the Navy requested in its initial budget. The House and Senate Armed Services committees released the text of their compromise def...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March. The House approved the measure by a vote of 314-108, with opposition coming mostly from the more conservative...
“We’re not talking about the Department of Defense – yet. We’re not even talking about the Department of Education – yet,” Kavanagh added. “I think they are testing what they can get away with and clearly trying to make this move even if it’s in violation of US law to see ...