Michigan bids to become America’s arsenal of rapid defense innovation
Michigan is making a pitch to be America’s factory floor for the future of warfare.
Congress
Senate bill seeks to protect shipbuilding jobs from workforce cuts
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced legislation to shield America’s public shipyards from hiring freezes and mass layoffs.
What happens to the budget once it hits Capitol Hill?
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, offers his take on congressional oversight of the military and what happens once the FY20 defense budget proposal is released.
This week in Congress: The fiscal 2020 budget finally drops
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 11, 2019.
New defense budget request: $9 billion in emergency funds, cuts for Europe
What you need to know about the upcoming FY20 budget release.
House Democrats demand Shanahan explain border wall funding scheme
How will the Pentagon pay for the border wall? Lawmakers worry Congress is being sidelined.
Taking personnel funds to help build Trump’s border wall won’t hit military paychecks, but could cause budget woes
Lawmakers are unhappy with new Pentagon plans to move $1 billion in unused personnel money without consulting with Congress first.
Trump wants to charge allies extra money for the privilege of hosting US troops: report
Stationing U.S. troops overseas would bring in extra revenue for the U.S. government under a reported White House plan to make allies cover the full cost of U.S. troops overseas, plus pay an extra premium.
What’s the next step for ISIS? A top US general shares his prediction with lawmakers
The head of U.S. Central Command says the Islamic State group maintains a 1-mile sliver of the 34,000 square miles it once held.
What will be expected from the FY2020 Defense Budget?
Deputy Editor Aaron Mehta predicts what we'll see in the White House's FY20 defense budget and what it will mean for industry.
House Dems threaten to block Pentagon’s money-moving authority in border wall fight
House Democrats are taking dramatic action in response to Trump's plan to fund the border wall.
