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Ukraine aid in peril as Senate Republicans walk out of heated briefing
A procedural vote on Ukraine aid is expected to fail after Republicans walked out of a briefing amid an unrelated immigration policy spat.
China surpasses US in number of ICBM launchers
The STRATCOM notification prompted Republicans to push for expanding the U.S. nuclear arsenal beyond the current modernization efforts.
Demand for Ukraine oversight ‘part of Russian propaganda,’ Smith says
Houses Armed Services Committee says Ukraine is "spending the money really well; that’s why they’re winning."
Congress passes defense policy bill with budget boost, military justice reforms
After months of debate and weeks of angst, the Senate has sent its annual defense bill to the president.
Haaland OK’d at Interior, 1st Native American Cabinet head
On March 15, the Senate confirmed Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary, the first Native American to lead a Cabinet department.
Senate energy panel backs Haaland for interior secretary
Some Republican senators labeled Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., "radical" over her calls to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and address climate change, and said that could hurt rural America and major oil and gas-producing states.
In historic pick, Biden taps Haaland as interior secretary
President-elect Joe Biden selected New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his nominee for interior secretary on Thursday, a historic pick that would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation's tribes for generations.
When will Trump nominate a permanent defense secretary?
The Pentagon has never before gone more than two months without a permanent leader. Now, the Trump administration is about to double that wait.
Big shakeup coming to Senate Armed Services
Changing eight seats on the Senate Armed Services Committee — long seen as a powerful pulpit on national security issues — is an unusual level of upheaval.
By Joe Gould
Failure to launch? Trump’s Space Force faces Senate skeptics
If President Donald Trump wants his proposed Space Force to have a life beyond a campaign rally applause line, his administration will have to win over skeptics of both parties, especially in the U.S. Senate.
By Joe Gould