Military

The 2018 spending bill 'funds key programs across our fixed-wing, rotorcraft and commercial derivative aircraft, and also missile, space and satellite products,' said Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg.

Business

Boeing boosts profit targets after defense-spending increase

Joe Williams -

April 26, 2018 4:01 am

The Lockheed Martin F-35B, at an unveiling ceremony in Texas in 2007. A contractual dispute over the jet halted deliveries to the U.S. military earlier this year.

Business

Lockheed boosts sales target to $50 billion despite F-35 tiff

James Langford -

April 24, 2018 5:54 pm

"Next year is going to be the year where we work on people," House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters who asked about his welfare reform plan at his weekly news conference. "Next year is the year we work on getting people where they need to get in life, in better jobs, an actual career, closing the skills gap."

Beltway Confidential

Paul Ryan will be remembered for strengthening the US military

Tom Rogan -

April 11, 2018 8:36 pm

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

Immigration

Trump: US-Mexico border will be guarded by military

Melissa Quinn -

April 3, 2018 4:58 pm

From left, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., appear for a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the Office of Strategic Services in Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 21, 2018.

News

Congress introduces $1.3 trillion, 2,232-page funding bill, hopes for passage this week

Susan Ferrechio -

March 22, 2018 1:07 am

The Peace Monument, also known as the Naval Monument or Civil War Sailors Monument, is seen on the grounds of the Capitol in Washington, as day three of the government shutdown continues Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Government shutdowns have a much wider impact than you’d think

Matthew Felling -

March 21, 2018 8:51 pm

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 21, 2017, after signing a bill to increase NASA's budget to $19.5 billion and directs the agency to focus human exploration of deep space and Mars.

National Security

After Trump’s shocking ‘Space Force’ announcement, will the Air Force still fight it?

Travis J. Tritten -

March 17, 2018 4:00 am

News

Chelsea Handler calls on Democratic billionaires to ‘illustrate’ better alternatives for military parade money

Mandy Mayfield -

March 16, 2018 11:34 pm

Almost 60 percent of the Air Force, Navy, and Marine F-35 joint strike fighters are down for repairs. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

National Security

A lack of spare parts keeps half of US F-35s from flying, senior officers acknowledge

Jamie McIntyre -

March 7, 2018 9:35 pm

The State Department responded to an announcement earlier Thursday that Russia has developed hypersonic nuclear weapons systems capable of circumventing Western missile defenses. (RU-RTR Russian Television via AP)

Foreign Policy

US to Putin: American nukes will ‘remain unmatched’

Joel Gehrke -

March 1, 2018 9:42 pm

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