The panel voted 35-21 in favor of the bill. It requires the Pentagon to spend the additional funds by October 2034, including nearly $9 billion on renovations to barracks and unaccompanied housing, allowance increases and other quality-of-life improvements for service members.

The Defense Department has agreements with 28 partner countries that allow it to override congressionally mandated “Buy American” requirements. It is unclear how those arrangements will be affected by Trump’s tariffs and whether the defense industry will be strategically carved out of the levies.

President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court to allow a ban on transgender troops to take effect while legal challenges to the policy continue.

The Espionage Act of 1917 already prohibits the photography of sensitive military sites but the statute makes no mention of videography — an omission that Reps. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., and Don Davis, D-N.C., hope to correct.

The Senate voted early Friday to confirm retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, elevating him to four-star general and the nation’s highest-ranking military position.

The Pentagon has not announced plans to change the force posture in South Korea, but senators on Thursday said they were concerned by rumors that troops there will be redeployed elsewhere.

Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee warned Wednesday that tariffs levied against Australia and other security partners in the Indo-Pacific region were harming relationships needed to deter China.

The Defense Department is reportedly considering the removal of thousands of troops from Eastern Europe as part of an effort to cut costs and prioritize the Indo-Pacific and other regions. Members of the House Armed Services Committee are urging the administration to reconsider.

The abrupt firing of the general in charge of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency drew sharp condemnation on Friday from lawmakers, mostly Democrats, who oversee defense and the intelligence community.

The commanders of U.S. troops in Europe and Africa expressed trepidation Thursday about the Pentagon’s reported plans to consolidate commands and give up America’s role as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe.