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Feds allege pawnshops ‘cheated’ and ‘gouged’ military families
These pawnshops allegedly charged active-duty members and families an annual interest rate of more than 200%.
By Karen Jowers
Key Republicans press Biden to hike defense budget 3 to 5 percent
House Armed Services Committee Republicans have laid down a new marker in what’s expected to be a testy budget cycle.
By Joe Gould
Feds receive 1 percent pay raise for 2021
The increase is smaller than the year prior but more than the threatened freeze that feds could have faced this year.
By Jessie Bur
New in 2021: Military pay raise likely to be smaller next year
The federal formula calls for a 2.7 percent pay raise in 2022.
Feds allege online lender violated law, overcharged military borrowers
Lawsuit asks for restitution and other monettary relief to more than 1,200 military consumers allegedly overcharged.
By Karen Jowers
Military pay raise safe from Trump’s veto threat, but troops’ bonuses could be in trouble
Service members will see a pay raise of 3 percent in 2021 regardless of what Trump does with the defense bill.
Germany floats a new NATO spending yardstick: 10 percent
Officials are pushing for a new yardstick to measure Berlin's contributions to NATO, suggesting the country could shoulder 10 percent of alliance requirements.
House defense bill strips Confederate base names, curbs president’s powers in troop deployments
House lawmakers on Tuesday passed their $740.5 billion plan for the annual defense authorization bill, including provisions for a hefty military pay raise next year, new restrictions on the president’s war powers and requirements that the Defense Department rename bases honoring Confederate leaders.
This week in Congress: Defense authorization debate takes center stage
Defense and veterans hearings in Congress for the week of June 22, 2020.
The military needs a real plan to recruit and retain women, report finds
One in six service members is a woman, a slight increase in the last 15 years.
The Corps starts fielding new lightweight plate carrier to grunts
“When you lighten the load, Marines can get to their destinations faster and they’re going to have more endurance, which increases their lethality.”
By Shawn Snow