Tommy Tuberville

Pentagon leaders call hold on military confirmations ‘problematic’

In today’s Federal Newscast: The secretaries of the Army and Air Force call the hold on the confirmation of hundreds of military officers “problematic.”…

Federal Newscast

(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. To enact President Joe Biden’s expansive domestic agenda this year, Democrats have mapped out a convoluted legislative maze. The party wants to push the new president's multitrillion-dollar plans for supercharging federal infrastructure, climate change and social programs through a Congress in which they have only paper-thin majorities. GOP opposition is certain to be solid. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Leaders continue calls to end military holds

Defense

VA, AFGE support parts of bipartisan bill to refine how agency fires poor performers

Workforce

Military families request end to Senate hold on DoD nominations

Defense

Group of military spouses plead with Sen. Tommy Tuberville to release his hold on military appointments

Federal Newscast

FILE - This June 6, 2013, file photo shows the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md., where the US Cyber Command is located. U.S. officials say the Trump administration, after months of delay, is finalizing plans to revamp the nation's military command for defensive and offensive cyber-operations. The plan would eventually split it from the intelligence-focused National Security Agency in hopes of intensifying America's ability to wage cyber war against the Islamic State group and other foes.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Cyber Command nominee sets sights on powerful new budget authority

Defense News

Capitol Hill monitors enter a wait and see period

Congress

That tick-tick-tick-tick-tick you hear? It’s the countdown to debt ceiling doomsday

Congress

Residents walk past a screen with the title Global Main Indices and live numbers tracking various global and domestic stock index prices in Shanghai Monday, Jan. 4 , 2021. Global stock markets and U.S. futures rose Monday on 2021's first trading day, boosted by optimism about coronavirus vaccines after Wall Street ended the year on a new high. (AP Photo)

What to watch as Congress revives familiar TSP investment policy debates

President Joe Biden wants the Labor Department to initiate a review of climate-related financial risks on federal employees and their retirement savings,…

TSP