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Happy Thursday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I'm Ellen Mitchell, and here's your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. 

EATON — The Eaton Community School District Board of Education confirmed during their Monday, Aug. 9 meeting as well as in a recent letter to student

Leahy, speaking with reporters, confirmed that they had an agreement. In addition to emergency funding for the Capitol Police, its also expected to reimburse the National Guard for $521 million, provide funding for security improvements around the Capitol and include an unrelated issue of visas for Afghans who aided the U.S. military effort.   "Were going to take care of the Capitol Police and fix some of the problems that need to be done here. Certainly, take care of the National Guard," Lea...

© MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB/AFP/Getty Images Happy Friday and welcome to Overnight Defense. Im Ellen Mitchell, and heres your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. THE TOPLINE: The U.S. military carried out an airstrike in Somalia on Friday, its second such action in a week after a months-long gap in strikes. In a statement, Pentagon spokesperson Cindi King said U.S. forces conducted a strike against militan...

Trump targeted the general following recent reports that Milley looked to prevent Trump from staging a coup after losing the 2020 election. Trump said he had "lost total confidence" in Milley during his presidency, claiming Milley "choked like a dog" under scrutiny. Austin’s backing: “I’ve known the chairman for a long time. We’ve fought together, we’ve served a couple of times in the same unit, so I’m not guessing at his character. He doesn’t have a political bone in his body,”...

Overnight Defense: Afghan evacuees to be housed at Virginia base | Biden looks to empty Gitmo Ellen Mitchell © Getty Images An elderly Afghani man is questioned by U.S. Army soldiers through an interpreter in 2012 Happy Monday and welcome to Overnight Defense. Im Ellen Mitchell, and heres your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. THE TOPLINE: The Biden administration plans to send the ...

© Getty Images Happy Thursday and welcome to Overnight Defense. Im Ellen Mitchell, and heres your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. The service, which once considered using the futuristic armament on new Zumwalt-class destroyers, cut railgun research funding from its most recent budget proposal. Navy spokesperson Lt. Courtney Callaghan confirmed to The Hill that the decision to pause railgun research...

  HOUSE PANEL RELEASES $706B PENTAGON SPENDING BILL “Democrats have landed on a responsible funding level for the Department of Defense that maintains a strong national security posture today, while making important investments in modernization that will make us even stronger in the years to come,” House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee Chair Betty McCollum How it compares: Last month, the Biden administration requested a total of $753 billion for defense programs for fiscal 2022, inclu...

Happy Thursday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I'm Ellen Mitchell, and here's your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. THE TOPLINE: The Biden administration is preparing to move Afghan interpreters and others who assisted American military efforts to other countries while it processes applications to relocate them to the U.S., a senior administration...

Overnight Defense: Joint Chiefs warn against sweeping reform to military justice system | Senate panel plans July briefing on war authorization repeal | National Guard may have training issues if not reimbursed Ellen Mitchell © Greg Nash Overnight Defense: Joint Chiefs warn against sweeping reform to military justice system | Senate panel plans July briefing on war authorization repeal | National Guard may have training issues if not reimbursed Happy Tuesday and welcome to Ov...