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The legislation that authorizes annual Pentagon spending, known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), moved to the Senate after being passed by the House on December 10, 2025.(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

House approves $900B NDAA package

The House of Representatives passed the annual defense bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026, highlighting the $900.6 billion budget that increases troop pay by 4%, supports developing technologies like the Golden Dome defense system, promotes military readiness, and helps deter China and Russia.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks as he introduces US President Donald Trump to speak to senior military officers gathered at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, on September 30, 2025. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the US military must fix "decades of decay" as he addressed a rare gathering of hundreds of senior officers summoned from around the world to hear him speak near Washington. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Hegseth announces new task force to improve military living conditions

United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has announced the creation of a new Barracks Task Force with the aim of improving living conditions for U.S. military members.

Hegseth nominates Marine general Michael J. Borgschulte to lead Naval Academy

Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte has been nominated to become the next superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he leaves the stage during a rally with U.S. Army troops on June 10, 2025 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Trump is traveling to Fort Bragg Army base to observe a military demonstration and give remarks in honor of the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump announces restoration of base names, calls L.A. turmoil ‘assault on peace’ in speech to Fort Bragg soldiers

President Donald Trump has traveled to Fort Bragg’s to kick off celebrations for the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday.

A soldier of the US army wears the country's flag on his uniform during the US army Europe and Africa-directed exercise Combined Resolve 19 at the Hohenfels trainings area, southern Germany, on October 24, 2023. Combined Resolve is a recurring exercise designed to prepare a US brigade combat team in support of NATO deterrence initiatives while also developing and enhancing NATO and key partners interoperability and readiness across specified warfighting functions. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

SCOTUS Halts Lower Court Decision, Permits Trump Transgender Military Ban

The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in favor of the Trump administration, allowing a transgender ban to be implemented into the U.S. military by lifting a lower court order.

(L) U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes. (Photo via: Senate Judiciary Committee. / (R) Retired Army lieutenant colonel Ann Murdoch poses for a photo in Arlington National Cemetery after attending a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on June 8, 2018. - President Donald Trump has made clear his opposition to transgender Americans serving in the military, but that didn't deter several transgender veterans from laying a wreath Friday, June 8, 2018 at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier just outside Washington. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP) / With AFP Story by Elodie CUZIN & Michael MATHES: US-military-transgender-politics (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Federal Judge Rejects Trump Admin’s Ban On Transgenders Serving In The Military

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to prohibit transgender individuals, those with gender dysphoria, from enlisting in the military—a policy that was scheduled to take effect on Friday.