The Latest Breaking News from the Defense Department

Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester is looking to win reelection in a race that could decide control of the Senate

Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville says the top general in charge of U.S. Space Command told him during a meeting Wednesday that Huntsville, not Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the preferred location for its new headquarters

The debt limit deal would cap defense spending despite defense hawks in Congress calling for big increases to the Pentagon's budget.

WASHINGTON -- Congress directed the Pentagon to spend $12.2 billion in the current fiscal year on nearly 1,000 different “program increases” in the Defense spending bill’s research account alone, projects pushed by lawmakers that the Defense Department did not publicly request, according to a previously unpublicized database.