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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer was forced to delay consideration of the annual defense policy bill.

Senate defense bill in limbo amid procedural dispute

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 17, 2021 at 3:38pm
A KC-10 tanker refuels an E/A-6B Prowler over the Persian Gulf in 1999.

Senate to begin defense policy debate with Biden on the sidelines

By Mark Satter
Posted November 15, 2021 at 4:41pm
A volunteer administers a coronavirus vaccine at a mass vaccination site in the parking lot of Six Flags in Prince George's County, Md., earlier this year. The White House has set a Dec. 8 deadline for contractors to implement vaccination requirements.

Biden gives contractors leeway on COVID-19 vaccine mandate

By Ariel Cohen
Posted November 1, 2021 at 3:29pm
The House overwhelmingly passed a bill Thursday to send $1 billion to Israel for its Iron Dome missile defense system.

House passes Israel Iron Dome funding with some Democratic defections

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 23, 2021 at 4:05pm
Afghan people wait outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul trying to leave the country as U.S. aid to the country is in flux.

Taliban sanctions complicate dire Afghanistan humanitarian picture

By Rachel Oswald
Posted August 30, 2021 at 7:00am
Workers install high-speed internet cable in Denver. Lawmakers included funds in a bipartisan infrastructure deal to expand broadband access, long a goal of both political parties.

Senate’s internet access plan rests on better broadband maps

By Dean DeChiaro
Posted August 24, 2021 at 6:00am
House Democrats want Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi (left) to improve the human rights situation in his country.

Military aid to Egypt shapes up as key human rights test for Biden

By Rachel Oswald
Posted August 16, 2021 at 9:00am
President Joe Biden signs executive orders in the White House on Jan. 22.

Biden turns to ‘Buy American’ law to aid US manufacturing

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted January 25, 2021 at 9:13am
The Strategic Stockpile will no longer ship supplies to states. The remaining supply will be made available to federal employees.

The national stockpile is out of supplies to give to the states

By Emily Kopp
Posted April 9, 2020 at 5:00am
Aerial view of the Pentagon building photographed on Sept. 24, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Analysis: The Pentagon’s new budget is about to come undone

By John M. Donnelly
Posted February 10, 2020 at 1:31pm