The House moved its first draft of the FY25 defense spending bill, pushing back on President Biden's Israel arms transfer hold and excluding Ukraine aid. In addition to the enlisted pay raise, the bill pushes back against F-35 procurement as lawmakers bash Lockheed Martin over the troubled program. Past behavior shows this population will show up big at the polls. How feds will vote is less clear. The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis, but wouldn’t legalize it for recreational use. A reader asks whether topping out at their current pay scale bars them from receiving federal pay raises and locality adjustments. By Reg Jones and Federal Times staff 5 months ago Our latest reader survey asks feds what issues they’re tracking mostly closely come Nov. 5. Former President Donald Trump had sought to reclassify tens of thousands of federal employees into at-will status, making them easier to dismiss. Defense hawks are criticizing the $895 defense spending cap for FY25 under the debt ceiling deal, but it's unclear Congress has the will to undo it. The Senate overwhelmingly rejected a resolution to block the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey after Ankara approved Sweden's NATO accession. The National Treasury Employees Union said the threat of Schedule F may be more severe than it thought. Load More