Defense & Homeland Security

Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) is demanding that the Navy face up to fiscal realities by overhauling its shipbuilding plan. 

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are focused on wooing two conservative Republican senators they consider crucial.

The Pentagon wants Congress to funnel funds toward expenses for the Afghanistan war and transportation.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is raising her profile as a leading advocate for changing the way the military prosecutes sexual assault cases.

Asian-American lawmakers and advocates are troubled by changes to family-sponsored visas in the Senate’s immigration bill.

Napolitano told the Senate Judiciary Committee the legislation would “absolutely” improve the security of the nation’s borders. 

Arlington-based litigator James Connell is making a case to spare accused 9/11 conspirator Ali Abdul Aziz Ali from death.

Air travelers reported long delays at airports Monday as the first worker furloughs related to the automatic spending cuts began. 

Events in Boston threaten to delay a comprehensive immigration reform bill critics say fails to adequately secure the nation’s borders.

Speaker Boehner promised an exhaustive House inquiry into whether the FBI should have more rigorously investigated terror suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.