Virginia GOP Rep. Randy Forbes on Wednesday became the first member of Congress to call for U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan to step down due to a prostitution scandal involving eleven agents that has raised questions about security at the agency.
Top Senate Republicans unveiled a proposal Thursday to replace looming across-the-board budget cuts, most notably to the Pentagon, with new restrictions on both the compensation to and size of the federal work force.
A congressional panel Wednesday took up the uneasy topic of Afghan security forces turning on their international allies, incidents that have fueled mutual distrust at a critical juncture of the long-running conflict.
House and Senate negotiators Monday announced an agreement on a giant $662 billion defense authorization bill, including modifications to its detainee language they hope will address White House concerns about that section and avoid a possible veto by President Barack Obama.
At least eight people were arrested Thursday by U.S. Capitol police after demonstrating outside a room in the Rayburn House Office Building, police said.
The Pentagon announced the repeal of the long-controversial ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military will happen Tuesday.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives issued a rebuke of President Barack Obama's Libya policy Friday, passing a measure declaring that the president has failed to provide a "compelling rationale" for military involvement in the North African country.
Steve Ellis is Vice President at Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan budget watchdog.
A government shutdown would not hamper the war efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq or the U.S. military efforts in Libya and Japan, the Pentagon insisted on Tuesday. But the Pentagon is digging in for a longer standoff with Congress over how to pay for those missions.
With Congress battling over this fiscal year's budget, the Defense Department on Thursday issued a stop-work order on the controversial Joint Strike Fighter second engine.
Top defense officials defended President Barack Obama's proposed $78 billion cut in Pentagon spending Wednesday, calling it a reasonable reflection of economic reality and changing military demands.
A senior Congressman just back from Afghanistan painted an upbeat picture of military operations there, but predicted only a small number of U.S. forces will be withdrawn this summer.
One of the most sustained applauses during President Barack Obama's speech Tuesday night was in response to the need to cut back government spending.
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said he would like to see more detainees brought to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates staged a pre-emptive attack Thursday in Washington's looming budget battles, announcing cuts of $78 billion to the U.S. military and defense department, including reducing the size of the Army and Marine Corps.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says cuts in the military budget are necessary to eliminate wasteful spending.
On the eve of the latest White House Afganistan update, the incoming head of the House Armed Services Committee said he wants to hear directly from the commander, Gen. David Petraeus, to determine what progress has been made.
There is a looming rift on the right as many newly elected Republican congressional members want defense spending on the chopping block as they head to Capitol Hill, a position not shared by some of the old school Republicans in Congress.
The congressman who will likely take charge of the House committee that controls the Pentagon's wallet has no intention of seeing the defense budget shrink.
Foreign affairs did not play a major role in the election debate this year, but the shift in power in the House means a shift in focus in defense, foreign affairs and intelligence matters.
CNN's Jill Dougherty discusses the possible international impact of the U.S. midterm elections.
CNN's Chris Lawrence explains the latest court decision to maintain the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy.
The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee says he wants a bigger defense budget that's not "weighed down" by social agenda items, an apparent swipe at the president's efforts to end the ban on openly gay troops serving in the military and a warning to Democratic senators who might try to push it through before relinquishing power to Republicans next year.
An army investigation finds hundreds of Arlington Cemetery graves were misidentified. CNN's Chris Lawrence reports.
The House on Thursday passed a $6.4 billion school modernization bill that would commit funds for the construction and update of more energy-efficient school buildings.
In tiny Bishop, California, Rep. Buck McKeon, R-California, wants to build a museum honoring the mule.
Exactly what does promoting the English language have to do with protecting borders and reforming immigration policy?
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