A provision to exempt civilian Defense Department employees from President Trump’s controversial executive orders aimed at stripping two-thirds of the federal workforce of their collective bargaining ...

AEI’s foreign and defense policy scholars are dedicated to the principle that American global leadership is vital to a peaceful, prosperous, and free world. Our research focuses on both today’s ...

Three of the four congressional defense committees have published 2026 authorization and appropriation legislation.[i] [ii] The full House has also passed the defense appropriations bill on a ...

The Pentagon’s exploration of privatizing its commissaries may be thwarted by the annual defense policy bill now moving through Congress. The proposed fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization ...

WASHINGTON — The House and Senate Armed Services Committees unveiled legislation Friday supporting a 3.8% pay raise for service members and restricting any Pentagon efforts to undermine aid to Ukraine ...

International and domestic policy have collided in Australia in recent weeks with a force not seen in decades. Foreign policy concerns have dominated media headlines, from the Chinese research vessel ...

Washington — The House on Wednesday approved a $900 billion defense policy bill as both chambers race to pass it before the end of the year. The legislation — which sets lawmakers’ defense priorities ...

The U.S. Senate passed a $925-billion annual defense policy bill by a 77-20 vote Oct. 9 that includes $38.5 billion for military construction—more than double the amount included in the House version ...