Tag: Defense Spending

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., gestures during an event.

Democrat pushes for ban on use of military bases to house immigrant children

Melissa Quinn · May 18, 2018 3:21 pm

A number of E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft from the 116th Air Control Wing, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, evacuated to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, to escape the path of Hurricane Irma Sept. 9, 2017. Joint STARS aircraft are operated by Air Combat Command.

National Security

Air Force tries to quash plan to replace surveillance planes

Travis J. Tritten · May 17, 2018 4:30 pm

"We need someone who is steady and secure in his principles, someone who can cut through the noise and make a compelling case for conservatism. Mike Pence is that man," Paul Ryan said. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The major immigration battle brewing in the House

Susan Ferrechio · May 17, 2018 4:00 am

A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-57 jet flies over Red Square during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 73 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 9, 2018.

National Security

Army leaders explain why Russia’s tiny defense budget is a big threat

Travis J. Tritten · May 15, 2018 5:52 pm

Rep. Duncan Hunter.

Beltway Confidential

Duncan Hunter is wrong, Congress doesn’t know better than the military what the military needs

Tom Rogan · May 14, 2018 9:33 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C, center, Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., right, and other conservative Republicans discuss their goal of obstructing the Affordable Care Act as part of a strategy to pass legislation to fund the government, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19.

Beltway Confidential

Next week: GOP tests the waters on food stamps work requirement

Susan Ferrechio · May 12, 2018 1:00 pm

The Pentagon has lifted a hold on deliveries of the F-35 fighter jet, built by Lockheed Martin. Â

Pentagon lifts block on deliveries of $406 billion F-35 fighter jet

James Langford · May 7, 2018 9:20 pm

Flames and smoke rise from an Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane after it crashed near Savannah, Ga., Wednesday.

National Security

House defense bill would pump $39 billion into readiness after deadly crashes

Travis J. Tritten · May 4, 2018 7:02 pm

National Security

Mac Thornberry pushes ahead with deep Pentagon cuts

Travis J. Tritten · May 4, 2018 2:17 pm

Trump expected to propose about $11B in spending cuts next week

Joseph Lawler · May 3, 2018 7:00 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, second right, watch a military exercise at a training ground at the Luzhsky Range, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. The Zapad (West) 2017 maneuvers have caused concern among some NATO members neighboring Russia, who have criticized a lack of transparency about the exercises and questioned Moscow's real intentions. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Russia acknowledges first defense spending cut since 1998

Joel Gehrke · May 3, 2018 6:53 pm

A motorcade carrying President Trump drives along the border before look at border wall prototypes in San Diego.

The first bill for Trump’s border force is in, and it’s $182 million

Travis J. Tritten · May 3, 2018 5:36 pm