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House defense bill retains spending caps, creates DoD talent officer
The draft bill adheres to congressional spending caps, establishes a talent management office and limits nuclear arsenal reductions.
Don’t get swindled by shutdown-related scams, phishing schemes
For employees hunting for shutdown financial aid or loans, be sure you're vetting who it's coming from.
McCarthy’s last-ditch bid to keep government open fails; shutdown near
The bill’s failure a day before Saturday’s deadline to fund the government leaves few options left to prevent a shutdown.
By Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking
Gates will be locked, rangers furloughed at national parks in shutdown
The majority of more than 420 national park units will be off-limits to the public, Interior officials said.
Opinions
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.
By John Ferrari
Ukraine funds to backfill US stocks will expire amid GOP opposition
House GOP opposition to additional Ukraine aid threatens to deprive the Pentagon of funds it needs to backfill weapons it has given Kyiv from U.S. stocks.
Opinions
Taiwan’s big stake in Washington’s budget battles
It’s in the U.S. national security interest to accelerate Taiwan’s procurement of the capabilities it needs to deter an invasion, the authors argue.
By Dustin Walker and Eric Sayers
What happens to ‘essential’ federal employees in a government shutdown?
The only thing guaranteed at this point is that a shutdown, even a short one, would affect wide swaths of the workforce.
The government may shut down this weekend. Who’s hit, and what’s next?
Many are bracing for a stoppage that could last weeks.
Exemption given for Navy to build nuclear sub in stopgap funding bill
The stopgap funding bill allows construction to begin on a second Columbia-class submarine as it threatens to fall behind schedule while a shutdown looms.
Where does your state rank in defense spending?
The Defense Department spent more money in Virginia than any other state.
By Zamone Perez