WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Members of a U.S. House Defense Appropriations subcommittee are adept at steering lucrative military contracts to friends, a watchdog group says.

WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) -- Pentagon appropriators in the U.S. House ignored a threatened veto by President Barack Obama and voted to keep the F-22 fighter jet program Thursday.

WASHINGTON, April 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court panel in Washington ruled Tuesday that Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., is immune from suit for comments made about a Marine in Iraq.

WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- Congressional Republicans are filing ethics complaints against Democrats in an effort to put pressure on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., analysts say.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Federal investigators remained tight-lipped Sunday about what was behind the searches carried out last week at Windber, Pa.-based defense contractors Kuchera Defense Systems and Kuchera Industries.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- FBI agents Thursday raided the Pennsylvania offices of a defense contractor that has received millions of dollars in contracts through Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Democratic Rep. John Murtha won an 18th term in his western Pennsylvania district after a campaign made difficult by his own words.

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. Marine has filed a lawsuit against Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., claiming Murtha slandered him in his comments about the Haditha incident in Iraq.

WASHINGTON, June 26 (UPI) -- The Pentagon needs more than $100 billion to repair and replace war equipment, vehicles and weapons, officials say.