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Department of Defense

Federal Newscast

House adds DoD name change to NDAA

Only Congress has the authority to legally rename a federal department.

Congress

Senate lawmakers renew military right to repair push

Contracting

What DoD's Anthropic ban, FY26 spending plans mean for contractors

Defense

The 2026 NDAA reshaped acquisition. Here's a peek at 2027 reforms

Commentary

Department of Defense acquisition reform

Congress

Bipartisan bill seeks to create joint DoD–VA credentialing system

Reporter's Notebook

AI may not be the federal buzzword for 2026

APTOPIX Congress

Congress

Lawmakers drop several quality-of-life reforms from final defense policy bill

Congress

Congress

Defense, health care, oversight and spending; these four fronts are exposing deep divides on Capitol Hill

military housing concept

Pay & Benefits

Service members will receive a 4.2% boost in housing allowance in 2026

US Capitol

Federal Newscast

$900 billion defense policy bill clears U.S. House

Congress

Here are key acquisition reforms dropped from the 2026 NDAA

U.S. Capitol building

Congress

House drama over the defense bill sets the stage for a high-stakes December on Capitol Hill

NDAA, POGO, 2025 National Defense Authorization Act

Congress

POGO has new recommendations to improve the 2026 NDAA before it's finalized

Congress Shutdown

Congress

Congress faces a packed December agenda and big decisions on healthcare subsidies

Congress Shutdown

Congress

What's happening with the 2026 appropriations bills?

Congress Tax Cuts

Congress

New bill seeks to exempt military pay from federal income tax

Congress

Lawmakers to finalize NDAA by week's end, bring the bill to the floor in early December

U.S. Army Pfc. Tess Sandoval assigned to 2nd Squadron, 6th Calvary Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade is one of two female attack helicopter repairers in the squadron located on Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, Aug. 25, 2019. (Photo Credit: 1st Lt. Ryan DeBooy)

Congress

Senator says defense industry is undermining Congress' right-to-repair reforms

Government Shutdown

Government Shutdown

Signs of movement in shutdown negotiations on the Hill

FILE- In this April 3, 2017, file photo U.S. Army soldiers march in formation during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. If you’re a veteran with student debt, you have repayment rights unique to military service members that can keep you on track and out of default. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Government Shutdown

Can DoD use private funds to pay troops during shutdown?

FILE - This March 27, 2008, aerial file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon is reconsidering its awarding of a major cloud computing contract to Microsoft after rival tech giant Amazon protested what it called a flawed bidding process. U.S. government lawyers said in a court filing this week of March 13, 2020 that the Defense Department “wishes to reconsider its award decision” and take another look at how it evaluated technical aspects of the companies' proposals to run the $10 billion computing project. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Contracting

A new DFARS rule could block defense contracts for firms with foreign consulting ties

Close-up of inventor and U.S. founding father Benjamin Franklin's portrait on $100 bills.

Management

Is it legal to use R&D money to pay troops during shutdown?

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