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Feds allege pawnshops ‘cheated’ and ‘gouged’ military families
These pawnshops allegedly charged active-duty members and families an annual interest rate of more than 200%.
By Karen Jowers
Senate sends Trump defense bill with federal parental leave, 3.1% pay raise for Pentagon personnel
The Senate on Tuesday voted to send to President Donald Trump an annual defense policy bill that combines a $738 billion Pentagon budget blueprint with legislation to provide federal employees with 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
By Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press
A military member’s guide to balance transfers
Almost everyone sets new resolutions on January 1, but that’s the easy part. Your resolutions might be job related, like scoring higher on your PT test. Or maybe it’s financial, like staying within budget and paying down debt. When it comes to debt, have no fear – there are great financial offers and tools available to help pay off credit card debt and get you back on track.
Meet Kenneth Braithwaite, pick for Navy secretary, and staunch Trump ally
Deemed an astute questioner, a good listener and innately credible ― Braithwaite is thought to have the skills needed to manage the Navy’s rough transition and beyond. He also has embraced much of the rhetoric coming out of the White House.
By Joe Gould
Troops’ 2020 pay raise is safe, despite dire talk from lawmakers
The 3.1 percent paycheck hike is set to take effect on Jan. 1, with or without a broader budget deal.
Veterans, military retirees to see a 1.6 percent cost-of-living boost in benefits
The boost is below the 2.8 percent increase beneficiaries saw last year.
US destroyer made ‘historic’ visit to Beirut as regional tensions mount
The port visit by the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Ramage to Beirut was the first in 36 years.
By Shawn Snow
Bid for a higher military pay raise fizzles amid partisan fighting in Congress
Republicans pushed for a 4 percent raise next year, but Democrats blasted the plan as a political game.
House lawmakers back big military pay raise, block plans to cut 18,000 defense medical jobs
The draft of the annual defense authorization bill also includes new protections for sexual assault victims and new help for unemployed military spouses.
Democrats’ budget plan includes a 3.1 percent pay raise for troops
If approved, the 3.1 percent pay boost would be the largest for troops since 2010.
Trump wrongly says Islamic State holds no land in Syria
President Donald Trump asserted on Thursday that the Islamic State group has lost 100 percent of the territory it once controlled in Syria, but U.S. officials in Washington and accounts from people in Syria said a sliver of land remains contested.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press