Gen. Wilsbach declined to endorse the service’s ongoing reorganization to counter China.

The affected workers including some at CISA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard. Some have been given a week to respond.

Focus less on requirements and more on outcomes, says Montana’s Sheehy, and the entire Pentagon might get on board.

The nominee to be assistant defense secretary for Indo-Pacific security affairs, backed the president’s push for Taiwan to spend more.

After stakeholders scuttled dramatic cuts, the Office of Intelligence and Analysis is quietly offering buyouts instead.

A White House FAQ now says only that excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed back pay.

DOD has not said how long nonexempt civilian employees might be kept working.

Senate once again fails to approve spending bill and the two sides remain far divided.

Good-government groups and lawmakers from both parties say Trump-administration moves will chill whistleblowing and watchdog offices.

It’s not a shutdown issue: the White House is withholding funds from the umbrella organization for the government’s inspectors general.