Rep. Mike Johnson

House GOP defectors tank procedural vote to bring NDAA to floor

GOP leadership said House members would leave for the Independence Day holiday tonight, leaving the timeline for NDAA passage unclear.

House unveils budget plan with $100B boost for defense

Unlike the Senate — which opted for a two-bill strategy that starts with approving additional funds for defense, border security and energy — the House is pursuing what Trump has called “one beautiful bill” that would also raise the debt limit, and include tax cuts and government spending cuts.

House Speaker to push new package of legislation to ‘punish’ China

“We will build our sanctions package, punish the Chinese military firms that provide material support to Russia and Iran, and we'll consider options to restrict outbound investments in China,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson. “We're working on a piece of legislation to move this fall on that very thing.”

Navy is down $1B in munitions from ops in Red Sea, says SECNAV

The dollar figure from the secretary comes as Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson said he is ready to bring the supplemental funding bill the Navy needs passed to the floor for a vote.

Amid talk of $100B ‘Trump-proof’ Ukraine fund, NATO chief says aid must be ‘more predictable’

Media reports also said this week NATO would discuss taking over a leadership role in providing weapons to Ukraine from the current US-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group.

Snow days: Lawmakers pass short-term funding extension as they wrangle over budget deal

Though lawmakers avoided a partial government shutdown set to start Saturday, the extension of the current continuing resolution is sure to frustrate agencies like the Pentagon whose spending is locked at fiscal year 2023 levels.