Lawmakers boosted projects in the three-bill funding package that reopened the federal government on Wednesday.

Lawmakers added a provision for full backpay after the White House suggested it might illegally prevent workers from getting their money.

Deal would also ensure administration follows law ensuring backpay. Next up: more procedural moves to send it to the House.

The service is shedding aviation units and working to turn initial helicopter training over to industry.

A second Senate hearing this week further mined the tension between DOD and its congressional oversight bodies.

A draft memo is circulating ahead of SecDef Hegseth’s Friday speech.

The funding lapse is set to reach record levels but senators in both parties voice mild hope of progress.

Senate Armed Services Committee members from both parties question DOD missteps, actions that contravened president’s foreign-policy positions.

The department, which has met its 8-percent overall reduction goal, is now going after “low performers.”

Federal logjams are keeping the scholarship program from delivering trained students to government cybersecurity positions.