The government agency that keeps a list of draft-eligible men will begin automatically registering names later this year, abandoning a decades-old requirement that they register themselves.

Automatic registration for eligible men into the U.S. Military draft pool is set to begin by December, aiming to streamline the current self-registration process, says the Selective Service System (SS...

Automatic registration into selective service for male U.S. citizens and immigrants between 18 and 26 is scheduled to begin in December, a mandate that was part of the 2026 National Defense Authorizat...