Defense

Vaya Taps Whitmer & Worrall for Defense Budget Work

Vaya Defense & Space Inc. has registered with lobbying firm Whitmer & Worrall LLC to push federal policy on aerospace, budget, and defense matters. A new...

Commerce

CRS Details Arms Export Overhaul Hidden From Public View

A Congressional Research Service report issued this week details a series of executive orders that have fundamentally reoriented American defense export...

Congress

Marine Corps Charts 2040 Ground Combat Overhaul

The Marine Corps is moving forward with an ambitious military transformation that will reshape how American ground forces operate in the Indo-Pacific and...

Commerce

U.S. Arms Sales Policy Prioritizes Defense Industrial Base

The U.S. military equipment sales system is undergoing significant restructuring under the current administration. For Congress, this represents both an...

Education

Military Academies Seek Relief From NCAA Athletics Policy

A new Congressional Research Service report released this week examines how changes to college athletics rules are colliding with the military's strict...

Congress

CRS Report Flags Gaps in Federal Disaster Exercise Oversight

The federal government is running one of its most ambitious disaster preparedness drills in years, and a new Congressional Research Service report reveals...

Intelligence

White House Open To North Korea Talks Amid Nuclear Expansion

The Trump administration is preparing to restart negotiations with North Korea without preconditions as Pyongyang's nuclear and military capabilities...

Congress

FY2027 NDAA Stalls in Senate After House Passage

The FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act faces a critical impasse in the Senate just as the fiscal year begins. The House passed its version on July...

Defense

House Passes $1.15T Defense Bill, Senate Lags Behind

Congress faces a defining choice on defense spending as the Trump Administration pushes for a historic expansion of military funding. The proposed National...

Defense

Congress Pushes Nuclear Risk Reduction After New START Expires

For the first time since the 1970s, America and Russia operate without formal numerical constraints on strategic nuclear forces. The expiration of New START...

Defense

Airbus Group Spends $1.24 Million In Lobbying

Airbus Group Inc. disclosed $1,240,000 in lobbying expenditures for the second quarter of 2026, according to a filing submitted on July 21, 2026. The...

Intelligence

Chinese Army Rapidly Modernizing, Reshaping Regional Power Dynamics

A new Department of Defense report shows the People's Liberation Army has become far more capable and is racing toward modernization goals that could...

Defense

Congress Examines Next Phase of Trump’s Abraham Accords Strategy

Why it matters: The Trump administration is using the Abraham Accords as a centerpiece of Middle East policy, tying a new Saudi nuclear deal to Israeli...

Congress

Senate Reviews Trump's $87.6 Billion Supplemental War Funding Request

Why it matters: The Senate Appropriations Committee examined President Trump's supplemental funding request on July 21, 2026, as the administration defended...

Legislation

House Passes $1.14 Trillion NDAA With 5-7% Military Pay Raise

The House passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 with a narrow 216-212 vote, delivering a defense spending blueprint that...

Defense

House Passes Defense Authorization Bill on Largely Party-Line Vote

The House passed H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, along largely partisan lines on Wednesday. The H.R. 8800 floor vote...

Congress

U.S. Strategy for Stabilizing Fractured Libya

Fifteen years after the U.S. backed military intervention that toppled Muammar al-Qadhafi, Libya remains a fractured state split between rival governments,...