GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.20.14 >>>
The US House of Representatives on Thursday evening, during deliberation on the fiscal 2015 defense spending bill, voted to block the US Air Force's plan to cut the entire A-10 fleet.
The House late Thursday defeated an amendment from Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) that would prohibit the use of federal dollars toward combat operations in Iraq amid the country's growing unrest.
The House late Thursday gave voice vote approval to a proposal that would prevent a round of military base closures.
House voted 293-123 to block intel agencies from conducting warrantless searches.
The House adopted a proposal to ban transfers of detainees at the Guantánamo Bay prison to Yemen.
The Army is opening about 33,000 more jobs to women, according to a newly released memo signed by Army Secretary John McHugh.
Retired Marine Cpl. William Kyle Carpenter receives the Medal of Honor from President Obama on Thursday at the White House.
Iraqi forces are massing north of Baghdad today, aiming to strike back at Sunni Islamists whose drive toward the capital prompted the United States to send military advisers to stiffen government resistance.
President Obama's order to rush 300 Special Forces to Iraq is unlikely to heal the deep wounds festering inside most Iraqi units.
The Middle East is no longer stable and, barring a miracle of probably divine origin, it will not be for a long time to come
Today's Iraq Situation Report: Institute for the Study of War
President Obama announced he plans to send about 300 U.S. military advisers to Iraq to assist the government in its fight against extremists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Obama outlined a careful commitment of U.S. forces to Iraq, pledging to watch any "mission creep."
Most people in the United States oppose intervening in Iraq.
Fighting raged for a second successive day in the east of Ukraine today, a day after clashes in which Ukrainian government forces said about 300 separatists were killed.
Russia is again building up forces on the border with Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, calling it a "very regrettable step backward."
In Africa counterterror pivot, a focus on ISR.
New research by Army scientists appears to confirm what has been long-recognized as an unfortunate consequence of combat deployment: that troops drink more after going to war.
The U.S. Navy is ordering more "Don't Tread on Me" flag patches eight months after it was reported that Navy Seals had stopped wearing them because the Tea Party used a similar flag.
Finally: Photos of L.A.'s most famous streets when they were dirt roads.
Guy wearing Mentos suit drops into Diet Coke tank and explodes.
10 beach-ready book and music pairings.
No one drinks wine like Cersei Lannister.
Wil Wheaton gets how hard it is to keep track of all of Westeros. Luckily, he gets by with a little help from the Bradys.
World leaders interacting awkwardly with soccer balls.
Meet Smudge