Defense

IG: Iraq logistics contractor marked up prices as much as 12,000 percent

Auditor questions nearly 40 percent of company’s billings, among them $900 for a $7 control switch.

Oversight

End to FAA mess in sight

Senate considers House-passed bill -- including GOP provisions -- to fund the aviation agency into September.

Oversight

Obama signs debt deal, turns to job creation

To all those caught up in the frenzy of the debt-ceiling fight in Washington these past few weeks, it seemed like a moment of relief, but it was only the “first step,” as Obama called it.

Defense

Ashton Carter named as new deputy secretary of Defense

The physicist currently serves as the undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.

Oversight

LaHood: FAA funding failure has 'enormous' ripple effects

Partial shutdown will hurt construction workers as well as agency employees, Transportation chief says.

Defense

Mullen presses Iraqis to decide U.S. troop status

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman wants immunity to be part of a withdrawal.

Oversight

A Laughingstock

Members of Congress may not realize it, but they are becoming national jokes.

Oversight

House passes debt deal; action moves to Senate

Bill gains bipartisan support, although 66 Republicans and 95 Democrats voted against it.

Oversight

House plans to recess without funding FAA

Partial shutdown will continue until September.

Oversight

Cybersecurity: Defense Department

The latest in our series of Best Practices Case Studies.

Oversight

The deal, point by point

An outline of the debt ceiling deal.

Oversight

Reaction to the debt deal

Politicians respond to the framework announced Sunday night.

Oversight

Debt deal reached; major cuts coming

Agreement will cut $1 trillion from U.S. spending immediately and a special committee of lawmakers will seek further decreases by November.

Oversight

House approves speaker's debt plan

Bill now heads to the Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has pledged its swift defeat.

Oversight

FAA furloughs unprecedented, officials say

As shutdown enters its second week, thousands of agency employees remain off the job.

Defense

Soldier charged in bomb plot targeting Fort Hood personnel

Case has renewed concerns about the threat posed by so-called lone-wolf extremists.

Oversight

Boehner bill moving to vote; Reid, Obama waiting

The debt ceiling measure was revised overnight and is expected to be defeated in the Senate.

Oversight

Obama: Give me 'something to sign by Tuesday'

President again calls on Americans to contact their representatives in support of a debt deal.

Oversight

No vote on debt plan Thursday; default deadline moves closer

Boehner is still seeking support for Republican proposal.

Oversight

White House taps inspectors general in campaign to cut waste

Members of new transparency board meet to ‘root out’ fraud and abuse in federal programs.