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The demographic and fiscal time bombs ticking inside the Pentagon

The lack of 18-year-olds to serve and our country’s towering fiscal deficits will endanger our national security in the near term.

Milley says he’ll ensure family safety after Trump’s execution remark

Gen. Mark Milley said he'll take steps to protect himself and his family after comments by former President Donald Trump.

How to watch the second Republican presidential debate

The two-hour debate will start at 9 p.m. ET.

Rapidly approaching government shutdown has Congress in crisis mode

The Senate is preparing its own bipartisan plan for a stopgap measure to buy some time and keep offices funded past Saturday’s deadline.

Biden taps Melissa Dalton for Air Force’s No. 2 civilian post

She would replace Gina Ortiz Jones, who left the leadership post in March.

Three top military leaders confirmed after Senate deal

The Senate is expected to fill three vacancies on the Joint Chiefs of Staff — including the chairman post — after a surprise breakthrough Wednesday.

Biden creates New Deal-style American Climate Corps for job training

The program will employ more than 20,000 young adults who will build trails, plant trees, help install solar panels.

Former Pentagon manpower and diversity chief running for Congress

Gil Cisneros, a Navy veteran and former California congressman, is ready to run again after serving as DoD manpower chief.

McCarthy running out of options to stop shutdown as conservatives balk

He plans to hold a vote on a Department of Defense spending bill on Wednesday, then the stopgap funding measure the next day.

AUKUS agreement requires submarine production boost, Franchetti says

She laid out the submarine production rate needed for AUKUS at her Senate hearing, though her confirmation is uncertain.

Senators clash with US prisons chief over problem-plagued agency

Senators complained that Colette Peters appears to have reneged on promises she made when she took the job last year that she’d be candid with lawmakers.

Mitt Romney to retire, make way for a ‘new generation of leaders’

Romney in 2020 became the first senator in U.S. history to vote to convict a president from their own party in an impeachment trial.

McCarthy directs House panel to open Biden impeachment inquiry

The Republican leader is once again at a political crossroads — trying to keep his most conservative lawmakers satisfied and prevent his own ouster.

Bradsher becomes first woman confirmed to VA’s second-highest post

The Army veteran was nominated to the department leadership post back in April.

McCarthy juggles govt. shutdown, Biden impeachment as House returns

Congress faces a deadline to fund the government by the end of the month, or risk a potentially devastating federal shutdown.

Tuberville holds ‘paralyzing’ Pentagon, House committee chair says

Rep. Michael McCaul tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that the hold on military nominations and promotions is a national security issue.