Billionaire Nominee for Deputy Defense Secretary Grilled on Plans to Slash Staff, Budget Billionaire businessman Stephen Feinberg faced sharp questions from Democrats about impending mass firings at the Defense...
Fired: Joint Chiefs Chairman, Top Navy Leader, Air Force Vice Chief, Service Judge Advocates General In a historic and unprecedented move, the Trump administration on Friday night fired the Joint Chiefs chairman, the Navy's...
Thousands of Pentagon Civilian Workers Will Be Fired Next Week as Trump Purge Begins The massive round of firings is part of an "initial effort" to cut the Defense Department's civilian workforce by 5% to 8%...
Their Relatives Were Black Heroes. They Fear the Military Won't Celebrate Their Stories Anymore. When Tarence Bailey Sr. received a formal memo from the Maryland National Guard declining to support a celebration for...
Republicans Advance Massive Defense Budget Boost as Pentagon Eyes 'Offsets' A debate is brewing in Congress over the future of the defense budget as Republicans look to add up to $150 billion more to...
Military's Border Mission Now Includes Coordinated Patrols with Mexican Counterparts The joint effort underscores the Trump administration's push to have an aggressive posture on the border, a part of a key...
In the Trump Administration, Nearly Every Major Department Is an Immigration Agency The departments of State, Defense and Justice have made immigration a clear priority in their work and public messaging.
At Pentagon, Elon Musk Is Preparing to Access Department Systems A defense official who was granted anonymity to speak candidly on the matter said that members of the Department of...
'Unadulterated Animus': Judge Tears into Trump Administration at Hearing on Transgender Military Ban Judge Ana Reyes was hearing arguments as part of a lawsuit filed by two LGBTQ+ advocacy groups on behalf of several...
Pentagon Offers Few Details on Hegseth's $137,000 Housing Upgrades, But Secretary Will Pay Rent Hegseth is eyeing a move into military family housing at Fort McNair, a historic Army installation tucked away in southwest D...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...