The bill passed the House by a vote of 281-140 and will next move to the Senate, where lawmakers had sought a bigger boost in defense spending than the current measure allows. Lawmakers are ...

is one of the few major bills that has cleared Congress each year for more than six decades. And it’s not the first time the White House has approved major defense legislation despite deep ...

Congressional Republicans, sick of the annual push-pull with Democrats over defense and domestic spending priorities, are ...

But that record was threatened in the Republican-led House of Representatives on July 14, 2023, when members passed the US$886 billion bill by a 219-210 mostly party-line vote. Reflecting the current ...

Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, said a bill empowering local authorities to take ...

The House voted 366-34 to approve the bill, the day after rejecting Trump's debt ceiling demand. The Democratic-controlled Senate will also need to pass the bill to advance it to President Joe ...

The Department of Defense logo is seen on the wall in the Press Briefing room at the Pentagon on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on ...