Government Operations

DHS Budget Hearing: Five Critical Agencies Face Cuts

The House Appropriations Committee convenes Thursday for a DHS budget hearing that puts five of the federal government's most operationally consequential...

Congress

U.S. Shipbuilding Gap Threatens National Security

The United States builds fewer than 100,000 tons of commercial shipping annually. China builds more than 40 million. That gap — and its implications for...

Defense

Senate Rejects Israel Arms Sale Block, Clearing $295 Million Bulldozer Transfer

The Senate on Wednesday rejected the S.J.Res. 32 vote to discharge a joint resolution that would have blocked a proposed foreign military sale to Israel...

Defense

House Rejects War Powers Resolution

The House voted Thursday to reject H.Con.Res. 40, a Democratic-led effort to force the Trump administration to withdraw U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities...

Congress

Legis1 Background: DHS Shutdown Disrupting World Cup Security Planning, Officials Warn Senate

The two-month-old DHS shutdown is creating measurable disruptions to federal preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a senior Homeland Security official...

Defense

Senate Blocks Effort to Stop Israel Arms Sale as Democrats Split as GOP Stands Firm

The motion to discharge S.J.Res. 138 — a joint resolution that would have blocked a $151.8 million sale of 1,000-pound gravity bombs to Israel — failed in...

Congress

Committee Scrutinizes Historic Space Force Budget Doubling

Congress is about to scrutinize one of the most aggressive space and intelligence spending proposals in recent memory — behind closed doors. The FY2027...

Defense

Intelligence Leaders Face Questions on Adversary Threats

The Defense Intelligence Enterprise hearing 2026, scheduled for April 16 at 7:30 p.m. in 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, lands at a moment when the...

Defense

Committee Seeks Funding for Critical Intelligence Gaps

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence's closed hearing on the Fiscal Year 2027 budget requests for the Defense Intelligence Agency, United...

Defense

Congress Scrutinizes Record Defense Budget Spending

Congress is about to scrutinize the classified heart of a record $1.5 trillion defense budget request — and almost none of it will be visible to the public....

Intelligence

Congress Reviews NSA Budget Amid Cyber Threats

Congress is set to review the NSA's classified budget request behind closed doors as the agency navigates a leadership transition, an active threat...

Congress

Pentagon's Largest Budget Increase Faces Political Scrutiny

Congress is set to receive closed-door testimony on April 20 on the FY2027 military services budget request — a defense spending plan that, if enacted,...

Congress

The Future of Energy Policy

The Trump administration's FY2027 budget request for the Department of Energy draws sharp battle lines over the future of American energy policy — proposing...

Congress

Defense Spending Surge: Committee Scrutinizes Army Budget

The House Appropriations Committee's Defense Subcommittee is set to scrutinize the Army's budget at a moment when the Trump administration is proposing the...

Congress

National Guard Faces Budget Crisis Amid Domestic Deployments

The National Guard and Reserve Forces are heading into a budget hearing carrying a $2.7 billion unfunded priorities list, a funding request that is nearly 2...

Congress

Army Prioritizes Speed, Mobility Over Vehicle Protection

The U.S. Army's Infantry Squad Vehicle ISV is quietly becoming one of the more consequential decisions in Army modernization — and a new Congressional...

Defense

Confederate Military Names Are Back. Congress Has a Problem With That.

A new Congressional Research Service report on the naming of U.S. military installations lands as the Trump administration has moved aggressively to restore...