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.
Lawmakers move to limit Trump authority to launch nuke after ‘nuclear button’ size tweet
Two Democratic lawmakers are sponsoring legislation that would require the president to receive congressional approval before initiating a first-use nuclear strike from the United States.
Congress in for messy start to 2018
Although lawmakers managed to avert a government shutdown before skipping town for the holidays, they will face a mess when they return in January.
McCain’s health a major question for defense policy in 2018
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain has been battling cancer since this summer but remains one of the most important military legislators in Congress.
Congress avoids government shutdown with another short-term budget fix
The four-week budget deal would keep federal operations uninterrupted through Christmas, but again put off debate over a full-year fix.
House GOP scraps funding plan as government shutdown looms
House Republicans are scrapping plans to wed a full-year defense spending bill to a short-term continuing resolution for the rest of government.
US Senate confirms DoD special operations nominee Owen West
Owen West will now be a top adviser to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.
This week in Congress: The Cromnibus and the Christmas shutdown showdown
As U.S. lawmakers return to the brink of a government shutdown this week, defense insiders are hopeful Congress will find a path to a budget deal that eases military spending limits.
Full FY18 defense budget at center of latest government shutdown threat
Republicans want a full year of defense spending but only four weeks of funding for other government programs. Democrats are opposed.
Trump just made a 355-ship Navy national policy
Achieving a 355-ship Navy is now national policy, but the goal is still a long way off.
