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Lawmakers are failing to provide enough oversight of the Air Force’s program to build the next intercontinental ballistic missile, whose projected cost has swelled past $130 billion, said Rep. John Garamendi.“We want Congress to do its job,…

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued an executive order that will allow him to partially suspend asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border when daily unauthorized crossings reach a threshold of 2,500 migrants. “I’ve come…

House appropriators want to buy more F-35 fighters but don’t want to fund a second attack submarine in fiscal 2025, a split from House authorizers’ own defense policy proposal. The House Appropriations committee’s $833 billion spending…

House Republicans are moving their initial fiscal 2025 funding bills, laying out specifics of where they intend to make drastic cuts across agencies and drawing stark rejections from the White House. The House Appropriations…

Former Defense Digital Service, or DDS, directors improperly granted waivers to use IT tools and services unauthorized by department policies, the Pentagon inspector general found. Beginning in 2015, two former DDS…

In late 2022, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hamstrung a planned Ukrainian strike on Russian forces when he suddenly decided he didn't want his Starlink satellites involved. Now the Pentagon is trying to ensure that never happens again.A new program…

A measure requiring the National Academy of Sciences to study the creation of an independent Cyber Force military branch advanced out of a key House panel late Wednesday.The amendment, led by Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, was lodged in the…

A recently announced aid package for Ukraine may be used to stimulate Europe’s arms industry, fund U.S.-Ukraine arms co-production, and even help lure away countries from the Russian arms market, according to State Department…

Army leaders rejected a Congressional proposal to establish a drone branch, they said in statements Tuesday and Friday. “We see as integrated into our formation, not some separate piece. And I think we need that kind of flexibility,”…

DOHA, Qatar—Five months after mediating a weeklong ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Qatar’s top diplomat confessed his frustration that the conflict in Gaza has raged on ever since.“It’s frustrating when you do a lot of efforts, and…