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President Donald Trump signed into a law a defense bill on Friday that ushered in significant reforms for military families.

Trump announced the official creation of the Space Command — the U.S. military’s 11th war-fighting geographic combatant command.

Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Ro Khanna (D-CA), along with 16 other lawmakers, introduced Tuesday an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to prevent military force against Iran without congressional authorization. 

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has revived an effort to create a human rights commission in honor of the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), according to The Hill.

President Donald Trump vetoed a resolution that would have called for the end of American assistance in Saudia Arabia’s war in Yemen.

Federal law could not be more clear that President Donald Trump can declare a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexican border, and that such a declaration gives him access to all the funding he needs to build the wall.

A Chinese electronics company called Hikvision, partly owned by the Communist government, was one of several such firms banned from working for the U.S. government under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) signed into law by President Trump on Monday.

Republican and Democratic Senators have finally found common ground in an unusual place: reversing a Trump administration trade policy they say is too easy on China.

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative Tim Walz (D-MN) extended warm wishes to members of the military during the holiday season and touted work done by Democrats on behalf of veterans and troops. Transcript as Follows: “Season’s Greetings troops! I’m

Speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC Friday, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) said she is grateful President Donald Trump “is our commander-in-chief and is prioritizing our military.”

The Trump Administration is providing funding for the Texas National Guard’s efforts to assist in securing the state’s border with Mexico. This follows more than three years of the Obama Administration’s refusal to help with any funding for Texas’ border security operations.

The House on Friday rejected an amendment to a must-pass annual defense bill that would have required the military to study the link between Islamic doctrine and terrorism and make recommendations for identifying Islamic preachers promoting extremist ideology.

The U.S. government is working on a new report, mandated by legislation signed into law before President Donald Trump took office, to evaluate whether the Russian and Chinese leadership have the capacity to survive a nuclear strike.

Senate Republicans have agreed to a deal that strips an amendment protecting religious freedom for faith-based organizations from a defense spending bill, making the measure more favorable to signature by outgoing President Barack Obama.

Barack Obama is threatening to veto the NDAA over the Russell Amendment, a measure that simply restates what is currently law in the United States because of the First Amendment.

TEL AVIV — The Obama administration said Tuesday that it was opposing a call by U.S. lawmakers to increase funding for Israel’s missile defense program.

A proposal tucked deep inside the Senate’s draft of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), currently being debated on Capitol Hill, seeks to radically reform the U.S. troops’ Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH), arguing that “the benefit now far exceeds the actual cost.”

Language added in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would allow a single nonprofit organization to have control of $37.5 million for international sex trafficking grants with little oversight and no guarantees that the funds will not be used to promote and perform abortions.

The House Armed Services Committee has rejected an amendment, 25-37, that would have permitted members of the service and their dependents to obtain abortions at military facilities.

Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio battled over defense spending and foreign policy during Tuesday’s primetime GOP presidential debate on CNN. Rubio said, “three times he voted against the Defense Authorization Act, which is a bill that funds

On November 25, President Obama signed the NRA-backed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) containing provisions to protect lead ammo, expand military-to-civilian gun sales, and give local commanders the ability to allow base personnel to be armed.

Muqtada Al-Sadr, one of the most influential clerics in the Shiite world, has sent out an olive branch to Egypt’s Al-Azhar, a known hotbed for jihadi indoctrination and the most prominent Sunni institution in the world, seeking to unite the sects of Islam against the Jews.

Republican presidential candidate Ohio Governor John Kasich argued House Republicans should send the president a debt ceiling increase with spending cuts and “keep taking” the National Defense Authorization Act to the president on Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s

During a July 23 interview on the Lars Larson Show, Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) said that in June he “submitted an amendment” to the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) “to give military base commanders the authority to allow service members to carry personal firearms.”

Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) urged passage of the Senate’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript (via ABC News Radio) as Follows: “Hello, I’m Senator Deb Fischer and I have the honor of representing the great

Representative Mac Thornberry (R-TX) urged Congress to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) during the GOP Weekly Address on Saturday. Transcript as Follows: “Hello, I’m Mac Thornberry.  I’m privileged to represent the people of the Panhandle and North Texas