Government Operations

Pentagon Cancels Key Army Deterrent Force in Europe

A new Congressional Research Service report on the Army's Multi-Domain Task Force is drawing attention on Capitol Hill, not just for what the Army is...

Government Operations

Army's Decision to Cancel JLTV Program Blindsides Marines

The Army's decision to cancel the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program has exposed a fault line between the services, raised alarms about rising costs for...

Congress

Senate Challenges $1.5T Defense Budget Over Iran War Strategy

Why it matters: The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held a contentious hearing on May 12 to examine the administration's $1.5 trillion fiscal...

Government Operations

Air Force Hides True Scope of Aircraft Maintenance Crisis

The U.S. Air Force is struggling to keep its aircraft combat-ready, and a new federal watchdog report says the problem runs deeper than publicly...

Congress

Navy Faces July Funding Crisis Amid Budget Doubts

Why it matters: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense's Navy budget hearing on May 12 exposed a stark funding crisis: the Navy will run out of...

Congress

Pentagon Cuts Hypersonic Budget Amid Rival Deployments

A new Congressional Research Service report on hypersonic boost-glide weapons lands at a moment of genuine strategic tension: the Pentagon's budget request...

Congress

Weapons Spending Surges While Nonproliferation Programs Cut

The National Nuclear Security Administration's FY2027 budget request is asking Congress to approve $32.80 billion for nuclear security funding in 2027, a 29...

Congress

Trump Administration Skirts Congress on Arms Sales

The United States has a formal process for selling weapons to foreign governments. Congress wrote the rules. But a new Congressional Research Service report...

Defense

Spectrum Auction Threatens National Security and Telecom Survival

A high-stakes wireless spectrum auction set to begin June 2 is putting billions of dollars, national security priorities, and the financial survival of a...

Congress

Air Force Budget: Modernization Claims Face Readiness Scrutiny

The House Armed Services Committee's review of the Department of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Budget is arriving at a moment of genuine tension between...

Government Operations

Aircraft Losses From Iran Conflict Go Unanswered

The United States lost or damaged 42 aircraft during Operation Epic Fury, a military campaign launched February 28, 2026, in coordination with Israel...

Defense

Senate Debates Record Navy Budget Increase Amid Concerns

The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Defense is set to examine a Navy budget request that, if approved, would represent the largest...

Congress

Senate Scrutinizes Record Air Force Budget Request

The Senate Armed Services Committee's Air Force hearing 2026 puts a record $338.8 billion budget request under congressional scrutiny at a moment when the...

Legislation

House Passes $157 Billion Veterans and Military Construction Bill With Rare Bipartisan Support

The House passed the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2027 on Friday, sending a $157 billion...

Intelligence

Senate Demands Answers on Pentagon's Mysterious Weapon

The Senate Armed Services Committee is set to receive a classified briefing on anomalous health incidents on May 20, 2026, a session that arrives as the...

Congress

Pentagon Budget Under Scrutiny in Senate

The White House's proposal to cut Pentagon research and development spending by roughly one-third, a reduction of approximately $4.5 billion, sets the...

Congress

Yemen's Unresolved War Poses Compounding Risks for U.S. Policy

A new Congressional Research Service report on the Yemen crisis lands at a fraught moment, as the Trump Administration navigates a ceasefire with the...