3 Hegseth Aides Ousted in Leak Investigation Decry 'Baseless Attacks' “At this time, we still have not been told what exactly we were investigated for, if there is still an active investigation...
Third Top Pentagon Staffer Suspended in Expanding Leak Probe Fallout A drumbeat of suspensions of top Pentagon officials continued into a second day on Wednesday with a defense official...
Options for Trump's Space-Based 'Golden Dome' Missile Defense Shield Head to Hegseth for Approval U.S. Space Command said that it has finalized options for President Donald Trump's “Golden Dome” missile defense system and...
Troops Booted over COVID-19 Vaccine Are Being Offered Back Pay But Not Huge Payouts The Pentagon, acting on orders from President Donald Trump, has begun to lay out the details of its plan to woo back...
Hegseth Credits Panama with Improving Security Cooperation After Meeting with President The meeting comes amid tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated assertions that the United States is being...
Hegseth's Use of Signal to Discuss Houthi Strikes Is Now Under Investigation by Pentagon Watchdog The Defense Department inspector general's office said Thursday it will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of...
Naval Academy Staff Removed Display on Female Jewish Graduates for Hegseth Visit The U.S. Naval Academy has confirmed that officials there removed items commemorating female Jewish graduates from a historic...
Naval Academy Removes Nearly 400 Books from Library in Purge Ordered by Hegseth U.S. officials say the U.S. Naval Academy has removed nearly 400 books from its library after being told by Defense Secretary...
Pentagon Civilians Again Told They Can Resign Now, or Face Potential Firings in the Future Hegseth signed a memo Friday to restart a deferred resignation program that emerged out of billionaire Elon Musk's "Fork in...
How Is Classified Information Typically Shared and Can Officials Declassify Secrets Whenever They Want? A National Security Expert Explains Trump administration officials have shared contrasting accounts about whether they were discussing sensitive war information...
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...