Defense Spending

Former Vice President Joe Biden takes the stage to speak to the International Association of Firefighters at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2019, amid growing expectations he'll soon announce he's running for president.

GOP lawmakers like defense spending in Biden budget, are wary of social programs

Juliegrace Brufke and Virginia Aabram · March 28, 2022 7:49 pm

This photo taken July 23, 2013, show the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Congress returns to work this week with a relatively short and simple agenda, vote to keep the government operating in the short term, then return home to campaign. National security threats from Islamic State militants and Russian aggression in Ukraine loom large, but September's session may be too short for lawmakers to do anything but talk about them.

Senate agrees to final defense bill that outspends Biden’s budget request

Mike Brest · December 7, 2021 7:09 pm

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. More recently, two U.S. defense companies were sanctioned by the Chinese government due to their participation in arms sales with Taiwan.

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Pass the Arm Taiwan Act

Sean Durns · November 10, 2021 4:30 pm

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Germany’s likely new government abandons 2% NATO pledge

Tom Rogan · October 15, 2021 8:38 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., walks to the Senate as an 11th-hour Republican rescue mission to keep President Donald Trump from a Senate defeat on his signature issue of building barriers along the southwest border seems near collapse, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2019.

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‘Fund Iron Dome, not the Taliban,’ Rand Paul urges

Christopher Tremoglie · October 6, 2021 3:43 am

A nurse administers a flu shot, manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur, at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton, Illinois, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. Senate in both political parties say they've reached agreement on fixes to stabilize Obamacare just two weeks before Americans start signing up for 2018 coverage.

Biden administration ‘strongly opposes’ honorable discharge for service members who refuse COVID-19 vaccine

Mike Brest · September 22, 2021 6:51 pm

The U.S. military is currently planning to scrap all limits on placing women in combat roles (the current limits do not keep women totally out of combat). (AP file photo/Mel Evans)

Defense budget includes amendment that would require women to register for draft

Mike Brest · September 2, 2021 6:12 pm

This photo shows the Capitol Dome at the top of Capitol Hill in Washington.

House Democrats join Republicans to increase defense budget

Mike Brest · September 1, 2021 8:12 pm

China warns of ‘countermeasures’ after US confirms $750 million arms sale to Taiwan

Kaelan Deese · August 6, 2021 6:41 pm

Gen. Robert Abrams, right, shakes hands with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. James Inhofe, R-Ok., left, as ranking member Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., stands center, after a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.

Women could have to register for the military draft under Democratic bill: Report

Lawrence Richard · July 20, 2021 6:52 pm

The Pentagon is seen in Virginia.

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Use sticks, not carrots, to fix Pentagon waste

Andrew Lautz and Mandy Smithberger · June 29, 2021 10:00 am

Biden’s first defense budget would invest heavily in research and gaps within China’s military

Biden’s first defense budget would invest heavily in research and gaps within China’s military

Abraham Mahshie · May 27, 2021 12:00 am