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The landscape for 2026 shows different federal employee groups on separate tracks: most civilian GS/SES workers face either a small (proposed 1%) or no across‑the‑board base pay change depending on th...
Title 32 keeps National Guard units under state control while often using federal funding, producing a hybrid status that preserves gubernatorial command but extends federal pay and benefits . Title 1...
Watchdog groups, academics and government reviewers have compiled decades of reports documenting episodes and patterns of extremists—particularly white supremacists and militia affiliates—serving in U...
Law enforcement in the United States and Canada struggle to prosecute "access" (viewing/streaming) CSAM at scale because legal definitions, technological realities, and resource constraints converge t...
Recent congressional proposals seek either to expand or, in some policy analyses, roll back —the ability of military retirees to receive both retirement pay and disability compensation—by extending el...
Since 2000, organized defense lobbying—through campaign contributions, hundreds of lobbyists, revolving-door hires, and targeted pressure on armed services and appropriations committees—has demonstrab...
Congress can alter or postpone the January 2026 federal pay adjustment through appropriations language, standalone pay bills, or by rejecting/overriding the White House’s alternative pay plan; appropr...
Service regulations and branch manuals interpret obedience under the UCMJ as a duty to follow lawful orders, enforcement mechanisms for disobedience (Article 92), and procedural tools commanders use s...
The U.S.–Israel security relationship functions through a dense web of formal agreements, repeated congressional authorizations, large annual aid packages, joint exercises and technology partnerships ...