Capital Hill News

A new Air Force missile plan could either secure American skies for decades or become another billion-dollar gamble that leaves taxpayers holding the bag.

Story Snapshot Air Force planners want a new Air Force Long Range Weapon with a minimum 1,000‑nautical‑mile reach for air and surface targets. The missile could let U.S. fighters destroy enemy tankers and radar planes ...

Europe is moving to extend protection for Ukrainians, but it is also drawing a hard line on new arrivals who are old enough for military duty.

Quick Take The European Union wants to extend temporary protection for Ukrainians until 2028.[1] New arrivals who are eligible for military service could be left out.[1][4] Officials say Ukraine asked for the change to help its mo...

Military death sentences are back on the table, and the Army is quietly building the machinery to carry them out.

Quick Take The Army has an internal plan called Operation Resolute Justice for possible executions. The plan would move four military death-row inmates from Fort Leavenworth to Terre Haute. The Army says the work is routine planning, not proof of a l...

A new Pentagon-backed study quietly admits that America’s elite warriors are getting cancer more often, while Washington still refuses to fully own the cost of decades of toxic exposures.

Story Snapshot Special Operations Forces face an 18% higher overall cancer rate than other troops, driven by melanoma and testicular cancer. The study hints at toxic exposures but openl...

Back-to-back mega-quakes rocked Venezuela near Caracas, and the facts are still tangled while buildings lie in rubble.

Story Highlights Two powerful quakes, including a 7.5, struck near Caracas with major damage reported [12]. Media and officials disagree on the first quake’s magnitude and the exact epicenter [1][12]. Footage and reports show collapsed buildings and resc...