Latest "roger wicker" stories

GOP blasts ‘inadequate’ Biden defense budget as it vows spending cuts

Republicans lay the groundwork to boost the president's defense budget request, even as they vow to slash overall spending.

By Bryant Harris

3 months ago

Biden proposes Pentagon spending increase with industrial base focus

Biden is proposing a 3.2% increase in Defense Department spending with an eye on the Pacific and bolstering the naval industrial base.

By Leo Shane III, Joe Gould and Bryant Harris

3 months ago

GOP lawmakers attack new Defense Department abortion policies

House Republicans could try to block the moves in this year's defense authorization bill.

By Leo Shane III

3 months ago

Republicans push Biden to seek more Taiwan military aid in next budget

GOP lawmakers want to see $2 billion in military aid for Taiwan in the forthcoming budget request.

By Bryant Harris and Joe Gould

3 months ago

GOP lawmakers plan more hearings, oversight on Afghanistan withdrawal

If GOP leaders win control of either chamber of Congress, expect lawmakers to focus on mistakes by the White House at the end of the U.S. presence there.

By Leo Shane III

9 months ago

Putin’s ‘probably given up’ on Kyiv as Ukraine war enters new phase

“I think Putin has probably given up on his effort to capture the capital city and is now focused on the south and east of the country,” says U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

14 months ago