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The Senate voted down a motion to discharge S.J.Res. 118, a joint resolution that would have directed the removal of US Armed Forces from hostilities...
The Senate Armed Services Committee's military readiness hearing on March 4, 2026, was no routine oversight exercise. It took place on the fifth day of an...
The Trump administration's 2026 National Defense Strategy — built around prioritizing China and the Indo-Pacific — collided with reality at a House Armed...
In a pivotal Senate hearing that could reshape maritime defense strategy, the U.S. Coast Guard unveiled an ambitious Coast Guard laydown plan that promises...
1. Congressional oversight of military operations is intensifying. Democrats are pressing hard on the legality and transparency of U.S. military actions in...
The Department of Defense's troubled background check system — now in its second decade of modernization — still lacks a reliable delivery schedule, the...
The House Rules Committee convened a pivotal hearing on February 9, 2026, examining three consequential pieces of legislation that could reshape national...
The Senate Armed Services Committee is convening a closed hearing on low-cost munitions on March 24, 2026 — a session that goes to the heart of whether the...
The Senate Armed Services Committee convened on March 3, 2026, to examine the Trump administration's National Defense Strategy — a document that explicitly...
The House Armed Services Committee convened a high-stakes Elbridge Colby defense hearing on March 5, 2026, just days after the U.S. launched Operation Epic...
The V-22 Osprey — the military's only operational tiltrotor aircraft — remains at risk of catastrophic failure even as the Pentagon races to implement...
The House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee hauled the Coast Guard's second-highest-ranking officer before lawmakers on March 17, 2026,...
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe held a hearing on February 10, 2026, examining how Russia and Belarus are deliberately engineering...
The House is putting military quality of life under the microscope at a moment when the Pentagon is grappling with deteriorating barracks, a controversial...
The Senate Armed Services Committee is preparing to scrutinize the operational readiness and strategic direction of two combatant commands that sit at the...
The hearing, chaired by Rep. Trent Kelly (R-MS) with Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) serving as ranking member, will take place in 2118 Rayburn. Two witness bios...
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is convening a closed, TS/SCI-level briefing on March 18, 2026, to receive an update on the current situation in the...
Commanders of America's homeland and Western Hemisphere defense commands will be in the hot seat on March 19 when the Senate Armed Services Committee...
The House Armed Services Committee will convene on March 18, 2026, to examine U.S. military posture Europe strategy and the national security challenges...
The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe — once known as the Helsinki Commission — has scheduled a nuclear power hearing for March 16, 2026, to...
