The vote was 51-50 for the measure following days of debate. The bill extends expiring tax cuts, reduces spending on safety net programs and redirects hundreds of billions in funds toward border security and defense.

The USNS Harvey Milk will become the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday. “We are renaming the ship after a United States Navy Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, as it should be,” he said.

Patriot air defense crews had seconds to fire as a barrage of Iranian missiles headed toward their positions earlier this week at Al Udeid Air Base, the U.S. military installation in Qatar that serves as a command hub for all Middle East operations.

A new strategic stealth bomber, modernized ICBM missiles, and a sixth-generation fighter are President Donald Trump’s top priorities in the Air Force budget proposal for fiscal 2026 released by the Pentagon on Thursday.

The Space Force released the largest funding request in its six-year history, asking Congress to approve $39.9 billion to spend next year as the service takes on new mission requirements including a massive “Golden Dome” missile defense shield.

Leaders at the national suicide hotline run by the Department of Veterans Affairs are focused more on worker productivity as call volumes grow than on addressing the needs of individuals in crisis, former crisis line workers say.

The U.S. Army took a step toward integrating killer drones into its battlefield tactics after it dropped live grenades from the air at a training area in Germany.

The Defense Department has shot down a fake memo circulating online that purports to warn service members about “unauthorized use” of their uniforms on social media.

Qatar is home to Al Udeid Air Base, one of the largest U.S. military installations in the Middle East. The base also acts as forward headquarters for U.S. Central Command and Air Forces Central Command.

An Azerbaijani man suspected of espionage had thousands of photographs of a U.S.-Greek military facility on the island of Crete stored on various devices, authorities in Greece say.