Defense

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks before President Donald Trump at an event for Anduril Industries, Inc., at Sparrows Point Shipyard, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in Sparrows Point, Maryland.

Hegseth’s $1.5 trillion budget on life support after ‘bluenami’ midterm results

Mike Brest · November 5, 2026 1:47 pm

The D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto speaks during the D.C. Council hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget at the Wilson Building, City Hall, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Brooke Pinto calls on five Democratic governors-elect to pull National Guard troops from DC

President Donald Trump talks to reporters during a tour of White House Ballroom construction at the White House.

‘Midterms were lost when Trump started the war and then refused to finish it’: Tiana Lowe Doescher

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivers remarks to junior officers and enlisted leaders during a State of the Force address.

Democrats salivate over Pentagon oversight with new majorities

L-r: Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Massie gives Hegseth impeachment ultimatum as GOP pins blue wave on Iran war

The question of U.S. commitment has been an ongoing concern since Trump implied during the presidential campaign that allies who spend too little on their own militaries might not deserve NATO protection. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

US confident Finland and Sweden can resolve Turkey’s NATO membership objections

Mike Brest May 24, 2022 2:20 pm

WATCH: Journalist dodges artillery fire in dramatic car ride in eastern Ukraine

Victor I. Nava May 24, 2022 10:08 am

UK: One city stands in the way of Russian control of eastern Ukrainian province

Victor I. Nava May 24, 2022 7:31 am

Zelensky says 87 dead in Russia’s single deadliest attack on Ukraine

Victor I. Nava May 24, 2022 5:20 am

"The Pentagon has not received any orders with regards to Venezuela," said Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon Friday evening, according to CNN.

Air Force reverses policy that led to Pentagon reporter’s phone being taken

Mike Brest May 23, 2022 9:29 pm

FILE - Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova, center, looks at the exhumed bodies of civilians killed during the Russian occupation in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 8, 2022.

Ukrainian prosecutor says first Russian war crime conviction to open floodgates

Mike Brest May 23, 2022 9:10 pm

Lloyd Austin holds second meeting of Ukraine Defense Contact Group

Washington Examiner Staff May 23, 2022 7:47 pm

Invading forces deport over 230,000 Ukrainian children to Russia, Kyiv says

Mike Brest May 23, 2022 7:46 pm

Chinese government warns Biden not to ‘underestimate the firm resolve’ on Taiwan

Mike Brest May 23, 2022 5:34 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony of the presentation of credentials, in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Friday, June 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov, Pool)

Russian diplomat resigns over ‘aggressive war unleashed by Putin’

Mike Brest May 23, 2022 4:16 pm

Russian government has ‘absolutely no value of human life,’ Trevor Reed says

Mike Brest May 23, 2022 3:19 pm

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Austin leads second meeting of global defense leaders to respond to Russia’s war

Mike Brest May 23, 2022 12:58 pm