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The sweeping defense policy bill that repeals the military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate and endorses a 4.6% pay raise for troops is now law.

President Joe Biden on Friday signed into law the $847 billion defense policy bill, which will give U.S. service members their largest raise in decades and end the Pentagon’s coronavirus vaccine mandate.

President Joe Biden on Friday signed the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act into law, while both the House and Senate passed the FY 2023 defense funding bill this week. The House and Senate each passed the agreement version of the policy bill earlier this month. “America’s global leadership is not only measured in […]

Congress is on its way to passing a bipartisan $858 billion defense bill that would give service members a hefty pay raise, bolster support for Ukraine and Taiwan, and rescind

The $847 billion National Defense Authorization Act for the 2023 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, cleared the upper chamber in a 83-11 vote after winning overwhelming approval in the House last week. The bill, a policy blueprint for the defense budget, now moves to the White House for President Joe Biden’s signature.

The military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate is on the cusp of ending after the Senate approved the annual defense policy bill containing the repeal, sending the bill to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature.

Congress has passed a $858 billion defense bill that would give service members a pay raise, bolster support for Ukraine and Taiwan, and rescind the U.S. military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Congress has passed a $858 billion defense bill that would give service members a pay raise, bolster support for Ukraine and Taiwan, and rescind the U.S. military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Congress has passed a $858 billion defense bill that would give service members a pay raise, bolster support for Ukraine and Taiwan, and rescind the U.S. military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Congress has passed a $858 billion defense bill that would give service members a pay raise, bolster support for Ukraine and Taiwan, and rescind the U.S. military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.