Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Senate Armed Services Committee

DJI drone ban dropped by the U.S. Senate — the Senate draft of 2025 NDAA does not include the ‘Countering CCP Drones Act’ that would kill DJI business in America

The ‘Countering CCP Drones Act’ which would ban all DJI drone sales in the U.S. has been shot down by the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee from its version of the NDAA.

Tom’s Hardware

Austin treated for prostate cancer, Pentagon reveals - Roll Call

Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has been hospitalized since Jan. 1 due to complications from prostate cancer surgery, according to his doctors.

Roll Call

US politicians express strong support for AUKUS submarine deal in letter to President Joe Biden

A week after it was revealed two powerful United States Senators warned President Joe Biden last year that selling submarines to Australia to could stretch the US industrial base to "breaking point", a bipartisan group of US politicians now publicly throw their weight behind the AUKUS pact.

ABC News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Final defense authorization bill removes most House provisions on hate groups

WASHINGTON — The lawmakers who wrote this year’s final defense authorization bill deleted or diluted all eight House-passed NDAA provisions pertaining to extremism in the U.S. military or American society.

Tribune News Service

Final NDAA removes most House provisions on hate groups - Roll Call

Most of the provisions aimed at identifying and removing extremism in the U.S. military were stripped out of the annual defense policy bill.

Roll Call

Senators urge Pentagon to reconsider Gray Eagle drones for Ukraine

A bipartisan group of 16 U.S. senators pressed the Biden administration to carefully reconsider Ukraine's request for lethal Gray Eagle drones to fight Russia and asked the Pentagon to explain why it has not moved ahead, according to a copy of the letter.

Reuters

Permitting legislation finds roadblocks in path to defense authorization bill

WASHINGTON — Prospects that Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., will be able to attach an energy permitting proposal of his to the annual defense policy bill dimmed after two key Republicans said they opposed the idea.

Tribune News Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Permitting legislation finds roadblocks in path to NDAA - Roll Call

Prospects that Sen. Joe Manchin III will get to attach provisions to the bill dimmed after two key Republicans said they opposed the idea.

Roll Call

Collins set for top GOP spot on Defense appropriations panel

WASHINGTON — In the next Congress, Susan Collins of Maine is expected to be the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s powerful Defense panel, sources say.

Tribune News Service

Collins set for top GOP spot on Defense appropriations panel - Roll Call

Maine senator Susan Collins is poised to become the Republican on the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee.

Roll Call

Fight brews over Pentagon’s push to counter extremists

WASHINGTON — Democrats in both chambers are vowing to resist GOP attempts to halt Defense Department training aimed at countering extremist groups’ attempts to influence service members.

Tribune News Service

Fight brews over Pentagon's push to counter extremists - Roll Call

Democrats are vowing to resist GOP attempts to halt Defense Department training aimed at countering extremist groups.

Roll Call

Senate NDAA to Pentagon: ‘Immediately’ halt fight against extremism

WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee has called on the Defense Department to halt its programs to prevent and root out extremism in the ranks.

Tribune News Service

Senate NDAA to Pentagon: ‘Immediately’ halt fight against extremism - Roll Call

The Senate Armed Services Committee has called on the Defense Department to halt programs to prevent and root out extremism in the ranks.

Roll Call

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Roll Call

Senate NDAA has $13 billion extra for defense inflation - Roll Call

The Senate Armed Services Committee recommended $45 billion more for national defense in fiscal 2023 than President Joe Biden requested.

Roll Call

House NDAA would further limit Pentagon officials’ stock ownership

Rep. Katie Porter’s proposal was part of a block of amendments that the House adopted by voice vote during consideration of the NDAA.

Tribune News Service

Senate panel wants to boost pay for low-income troops

WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee’s new defense authorization bill would expand a program enacted last year to help low-income military families make ends meet and feed themselves — but advocates say legislative fixes to date have fallen short of what’s needed.

Roll Call

Senate Armed Services panel goes big with new defense budget - Roll Call

The Senate Armed Services Committee has proposed a roughly 10 percent increase in national security funding for fiscal 2023.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Roll Call

Ukraine looms over the US general charged with leading NATO - Roll Call

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing for Christopher Cavoli, Biden's pick to be the U.S. general at NATO.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Intelligence: IRGC to Escalate Attacks in Case of Sanctions Waivers

A US top official said Iran would increase its targeting of Americans and US allies as a result of the Biden administration’s significant sanctions relief and offer to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement. US Army Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said in a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Top US General Against Removing Iran's Quds Force from Terrorist List

The US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, said that he does not support removing the Quds Force, the foreign arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), from the list of foreign terrorist organizations. "I believe the IRGC is a terrorist organization, and I do…

Reuters

Top U.S. general does not support removing Iran's Quds force from terrorism list

The top U.S. general said on Thursday that he does not support removing Iran's Quds Force, an arm of its Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), from a list of foreign terrorist organizations.

Reuters

Ukraine is effectively using landmines in war with Russia - U.S. general

Ukraine is effectively using landmines in the conflict with Russia, forcing Russian armored vehicles into engagement areas where they are vulnerable to U.S.-supplied anti-tank weaponry, the top U.S. general told a Senate hearing on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

McKenzie: Iran Remains the Greatest Threat to Region's Security

The commander of the US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, has said that Iran remains the greatest threat to the security of the Central Region. Speaking at a hearing held by the Senate Armed Services Committee, McKenzie explained that the greatest single day-to-day threat to regional security and stability remains…

Asharq Al-Awsat

CENTCOM: Iran's Threat is Graver than Ever

The commander of the US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, has said that Iran is the most immediate threat to the US interests in the Middle East and the region's security in general. McKenzie warned that "the threat posed by Iran is graver than ever." Speaking at a hearing held…

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Department of Homeland Security

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.