SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield High School defensive unit has always called itself “D-Block.” No one is quite sure where it came from, but they’ve been doing it for at least the last five seasons and possibly more, said Wildcats defensive ...

July 2 (Reuters) - A federal judge raised the possibility on Wednesday that he could continue to block the U.S. Department of Defense from sharply cutting federal research funding provided to universities throughout the country even after the U.S. Supreme ...

Thursday’s not-so-sweet Day 16 of the government shutdown saw senators head home for the weekend after a stopgap Republican funding bill again fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance. It was the tenth time the bill has been blocked. So what’s new?

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has surprised Democrats by scheduling a vote Thursday on advancing the $852 billion defense appropriations bill amid the government shutdown. The defense measure in July passed out of the Appropriations Committee ...

Two Arizona lawmakers were among five GOP House members who broke ranks Thursday and voted to block the Defense authorization bill, the latest twist in a budget fight that could cause a government shutdown within days. Republican Reps. Andy Biggs of Gibert ...

Defense spending has become the focal point in the fight to lift federally-imposed and increasingly unpopular spending caps set by the sequester. Senate Democrats are vowing to block the fiscal 2016 Defense Department spending bill unless Congress strikes ...

President Donald Trump warned major U.S. defense contractors on Wednesday he will block dividend or stock buybacks and curb executive

President Donald Trump has threatened to cap executive pay at major US defense contractors and ban shareholder dividends and stock buybacks.