[ad_1] A congressional effort to impose cost-control guardrails on the Air Force’s program to build drones that will fly alongside manned fighters is drawing fire from the service.  The proposal from the House Armed Services Committee would force the Air Force to divvy up drones in its robot-wingman program, known as “collaborative combat aircraft,” into ...

[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: My mother-in-law is a heavy smoker. She lives two hours away from us, so when she visits, she likes to stay for one or two nights. My husband and I have a 3-year-old son, and my MIL’s smoking is a huge concern for me. Every two hours, she smokes outside on our ...

[ad_1] The U.S. government is barreling towards its first shutdown since 2018.  Last week, the House failed to advance its spending bill for fiscal year 2024, putting the U.S. government on path toward a shutdown unless Congress passes a stopgap spending bill by Sept. 30. While the House is gridlocked, the Senate seems poised to ...

[ad_1] With lawmakers struggling to come up with a plan to fund the government past Sept. 30, agencies are dusting off their shutdown plans.  In conjunction with the Office of Management and Budget, every agency in government maintains a contingency plan for a lapse in appropriations. That includes exactly which work it will continue to ...

[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: Would it be wrong to reach out to my biological mother for financial help? I was adopted when I was just 2 months old. I was lucky to have wonderful parents, but they are in poor health, and it’s affecting both of them physically. I’m going into debt helping them out financially. ...

[ad_1] House Republicans Wednesday evening voiced renewed confidence they could soon pass a short-term spending measure that would carry federal agencies past the current Sept. 30 deadline, though by Thursday morning it once again remained unclear whether they will actually have the votes to do so.  Even if the House manages to move the bill ...

[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: My son’s former wife was difficult — manipulative, spoiled and possessive. I tried to get along with her, but no matter what I did, she gave me no respect and turned my son against me. They have been divorced for six years. He began dating a few years ago, and each woman ...

[ad_1] The Defense Department is finally learning some key lessons on innovation, getting away from big, expensive programs that produce overly sophisticated weapons and moving toward buying arms faster and more cheaply, representatives from Anduril, Saildrone, and Lockheed Martin told lawmakers Wednesday.  The department is also discovering how new software can increase the value of ...