Joe Gould
Joe Gould was the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, politics and the defense industry. He had previously served as Congress reporter.
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Republican budget plan will ‘undermine’ US security, warns Biden admin
The Biden administration is portraying plans from Republicans to gut the federal budget as jeopardizing national security.
Senate passes government spending bill through September
The Senate on Thursday voted to send the overdue 2017 federal spending package to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it. The bill funds the government through September.
McCain: Lawmaker has hold on Trump's Air Force secretary pick
Lawmakers need to “work through” questions over Trump’s nominee for Air Force secretary before she can receive a confirmation vote, according to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain.
Lead Dem demands Trump withdraw Army secretary pick over 'homophobia and transphobia'
Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer issued a statement Monday, adding his voice to LGBT advocates and other lawmakers who have assailed Tenessee lawmaker Mark Green for calling transgenderism a "disease."
Funding bill calls for Trump ISIS strategy
The proposed 2017 federal spending bill would withhold billions in defense spending until the Trump administration submits its strategy to defeat the Islamic State group.
US lawmakers reach 2017 budget deal through September
Lead congressional appropriators have unveiled a sweeping $1.16 trillion omnibus spending bill for 2017, with $593 billion for the military.
GOP lawmakers offer bill to avoid government shutdown, for a week
U.S. House Republicans introduced a stopgap spending resolution late Wednesday to avert a partial government shutdown through May 5 as leadership continues negotiations on a larger budget deal.
Republican lawmakers offer weeklong bill to avoid government shutdown
U.S. House Republicans introduced a stopgap spending resolution late Wednesday to avert a partial government shutdown through May 5 as leadership continues negotiations on a larger budget deal.
Shutdown showdown centers on border wall
With a partial government shutdown looming, White House and congressional Democrats are staring each other down from opposite sides of the border wall issue.
Shutdown deadline looms over Congress' return
There’s a lot of optimism in Congress that when it returns from recess on Monday, it can quickly reach a budget deal, averting both a shutdown and a long-term stop-gap budget that would vex defense interests.
