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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday closed out his third and final day of hearings on Capitol Hill with several clashes with lawmakers as he...
Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) on Thursday lambasted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, calling him an "embarrassment" and demanding he resign over a...
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Republican senators came out firing during Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's hearing on Wednesday before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on...
The 700 Marines mobilized to the Los Angeles area on Monday have not yet completed pre-mission training as of Wednesday morning, with no clear picture...
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on Wednesday questioned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his decision to choose Pride Month as the time to direct...
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) was indicted Tuesday on federal charges claiming she forcibly impeded and interfered with law enforcement officers after...
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Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith on Tuesday said he has not had direct contact with Los Angeles Police Department leadership or California Gov....
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday declined to discuss the expected cost of deploying National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles to...
The Trump administration is deploying another 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles, adding to the initial 2,000 already ordered to...
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The U.S. military is set to temporarily move about 700 Marines to Los Angeles, further increasing military presence in the city after the Trump...
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee has warned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that he could be “on the hook” for hundreds of...
It will “probably” cost hundreds of millions of dollars for the Pentagon to transform a luxury Qatari jet into Air Force One, Air Force Secretary...
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The Army has hit its annual recruiting goal of 61,000 new active duty soldiers, four months ahead of the end of fiscal 2025 in September, the service...
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A Pentagon official begged her bosses not to cancel a Harvard University grant aimed at curtailing biological threats, arguing that pulling it would...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized Defense Department (DOD) civilian employees to aid Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operations at...
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Key takeaways from the latest Ukraine-Russia talks in Turkey Delegations from Russia and Ukraine wrapped up peace talks Monday in Istanbul after just...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday in Singapore attempted to woo Asian defense leaders to Washington’s side as he warned of the...
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The U.S. military’s top general in Africa said terrorist factions in the Sahel region have increased their presence so much in the past three years...
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser is raising concerns that military tanks and armored vehicles set to roll down city streets next month for the Army’s...
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The Senate Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat is blasting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his decision this week to appoint a new director...
Legal teams for the U.S. and Qatari governments are still working out the details of an agreement for Doha to transfer a luxury Boeing 747-8 jet that...
President Trump on Thursday pardoned a former Army officer who was convicted by a military court martial for refusing to follow the Pentagon’s...
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Defense Department civilian employees will no longer have to submit a weekly “five things” productivity reports that were imposed in February,...
Experts are scratching their heads at President Trump’s ambitious, three-year timeline for Golden Dome, a next-generation missile defense system he...
The Pentagon on Friday released new rules for reporters that cover the building, banning journalists from certain areas without an official escort or...
The Pentagon pushed back Friday on a Wall Street Journal report that the Trump administration is considering withdrawing thousands of American troops...
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Presented by Boeing — The United States on Wednesday officially accepted a luxury jet from Qatar to use as Air Force One, the Defense Department...
Canada is in talks with the U.S. to join President Trump’s proposed "Golden Dome" missile defense system, according to the Canadian government....
The United States on Wednesday officially accepted a luxury jet from Qatar to use as Air Force One, the Defense Department confirmed to NewsNation on...
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The Pentagon is convening a new panel to review the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and previous investigations into the event,...
President Trump on Tuesday announced that his ambitious, multibillion-dollar Golden Dome missile defense shield would only cost $175 billion to build...
The Navy’s former No. 2 officer on Monday was found guilty of bribery and other counts related to steering work to a company in exchange for a job...
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested 20,000 National Guard troops to help with the Trump administration’s immigration...
The Defense Department will start screening troops for gender dysphoria during their annual physicals as part of the agency-wide effort to kick...