House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) released the following statement regarding U.S. strikes in Iran:

WASHINGTON - February 3, 2026 - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Defense Appropriations Act by a vote of 217 to 214. The legislation, which passed the U.S. Senate by a vote of 71 to 29, provides U.S. military services with the funding needed to deter China and Russia, support service members and their families, and strengthen the defense industrial base. It now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law.   The bill provides $8

WASHINGTON - January 3, 2026 - President Donald J. Trump today announced the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, following a successful overnight joint U.S. military extraction in Venezuela's capital of Caracas.

WASHINGTON - January 3, 2026 - Today, U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement applauding the successful military mission to arrest Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. Rogers expects a full committee briefing on the operation this week

WASHINGTON - Dec. 29, 2025 - The U.S. Coast Guard announced the award of two contracts to build up to six Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) icebreakers — ships designed to break through and navigate ice-covered waters — between the United States and Finland in a major step forward for America’s national security. Contracts were awarded Friday to Rauma Marine Constructions Oy of Rauma, Finland, and Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, L.L.C. of Lockport, Louisiana, and are the result of

The assessment also says that in 2024 China "tested essential components" of Taiwan invasion options, "including through exercises to strike sea and land targets, strike U.S. forces in the Pacific, and block access to key ports."

During a keynote speech that one Pentagon official speaking on background said represented a preview of the War Department's forthcoming National Defense Strategy, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today outlined four distinct lines of effort for the department to take, so as to guarantee peace through strength for the U.S. and its allies in the coming years.

Together with the newly released Acquisition Transformation Strategy, these memorandums redefine how the Department develops requirements, manages programs, and engages industry to ensure America's warfighters receive critical capabilities at the speed of relevance.

WASHINGTON - October 2, 2025 -  The partial U.S. government shutdown threatens to leave thousands of sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen and women and civilian workers without pay, while non-essential operations grind to a halt due to exhausted funding. The U.S. government partially shut down on Wednesday after Congress failed to reach an agreement to fund multiple agencies, including the Defense Department, resulting in the unpaid furlough of most non-military personnel. This