The Pentagon and State Department will make it easier for military spouses to take federal civilian jobs overseas following a permanent change of station.
Among those Americans held by foreign governments is Trevor Reed, a Marine veteran who was sentenced in Russia to nine years on charges he assaulted a police officer.
The House passed legislation overwhelmingly to provide $1 billion to Israel to restock its Iron Dome short-range missile defense system just days after Democrats removed the funding from a broad stopgap spending bill.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s first budget request for the Department of Defense slashes procurement by $8 billion, whacking scores of legacy weapons and systems as a way to deliver a $5.5 billion boost for the development and testing of cutting-edge technologies that could deter China.