Defense Authorization

President Donald Trump is requesting $718 billion for the Defense Department for fiscal 2020, a $33 billion, or 5 percent, increase from the current...

The top Republican in the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) would object to any plan to use military dollars to fund construction on the southwest...

Another year has begun and troops, including the National Guard, remain deployed on the U.S.-Mexico border. Then-Defense Secretary James N. Mattis...

Guardsmen should see a little more money in their drill checks after an across-the-board pay raise took effect this month. The 2.6 percent raise...

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis did not mince words in explaining how the Nov. 20 White House memo expanding the authorities of federal troops at...

The Defense Department faced questions from reporters Monday as to why it sent only active-component forces to the border last week instead of more...

President Donald Trump signed the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act Monday in New York. The bill offers the policies under which the...

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said he supports creation of a U.S. Space Force as a sixth military service despite earlier comments that seemed to...

The Senate is expected to vote this week on the fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act that was passed last week by the House. Following the...

The newest version of the fiscal 2019 defense authorization bill provides secretaries of the Army and Air Force with the authority to backdate pay for...

In a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate armed services committees, retired Brig. Gen. Roy Robinson, the NGAUS president, made clear the...

If the Senate version of the fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act becomes law, less would change regarding the drawn-out process for...