Defense

Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from left, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Michael A. Needham, counselor and director of the State Department's Office of Policy Planning, listen as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, in Washington.

Is Pete Hegseth’s job safe with Iran war taking the blame for blue wave?

Mike Brest · November 4, 2026 4:41 pm

United States Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby.

Senior Pentagon leaders meet with NATO allies ‘that are rapidly and fully meeting’ their commitments

The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026.

US says it conducted defensive strikes against Iran on eve of midterm elections

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll testifies before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the budget request of the Department of the Army, on Capitol Hill, Friday, May 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

OpenAI hires ex-Army Secretary Dan Driscoll two months after Pentagon exit

Oleh Tarabaka, head of the Nova Kakhovka military administration, left, and Vadym, a Ukrainian sergeant of the 42nd Marine Brigade, right, help evacuate Antonina, a local resident, as they walk past a destroyed residential building in an area contaminated with anti-personnel mines, during a localized ceasefire linked to a humanitarian aid mission to Oleshky, in the village of Kozatske, Kherson region, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainian official disputes claim Russian forces resupplied during short-term ceasefire

Biden greenlights plan to redeploy hundreds of troops to Somalia

Mike Brest May 16, 2022 5:12 pm

Biden should name Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, McConnell says

Mike Brest May 16, 2022 3:44 pm

Russia has lost a third of its ground forces committed to Ukraine, UK says

Mike Brest May 16, 2022 2:58 pm

Ukraine drives Russians out of Kharkiv, plants flag on border with Russia, officials say

Victor I. Nava May 16, 2022 7:39 am

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby holds a press briefing, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 2021.

Pentagon to rotate more than 10,000 troops to Europe amid Ukraine war

Mike Brest May 13, 2022 8:30 pm

Russian media present ‘alternate universe’ coverage of war in Ukraine: Diplomat

Mike Brest May 13, 2022 5:44 pm

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing in Khimki, just outside Moscow, Russia, on Monday, June 27, 2022. Griner is to appear in court Monday for a preliminary hearing ahead of her trial.

Brittney Griner’s ‘wrongful’ Russian detention extended by month: Report

Mike Brest May 13, 2022 3:44 pm

Russia continues to suffer battlefield setbacks in Ukraine’s north

Jamie McIntyre May 13, 2022 11:22 am

In this photo provided by Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office, an Azov Special Forces Regiment's serviceman, injured during fighting against Russian forces, poses for a photographer inside the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 10, 2022.

‘Nobody attempts to save them’: Relatives of trapped Ukrainian soldiers protest at Zelensky’s palace

Victor I. Nava May 13, 2022 6:10 am

Navy chief supports Biden defense budget shelving Trump-era sea nuke

Mike Brest May 12, 2022 7:02 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during his working meetings at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Moscow has been sending mixed signals about Ukraine but pledged to respect its territorial integrity. Russian President Vladimir Putin has long dreamed of pulling Ukraine, a country of 46 million people considered the cradle of Russian civilization, closer into Moscow's orbit. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti Presidential Press Service, Alexei Nikolsky)

Russia may annex a new Ukrainian city, US official warns

Mike Brest May 12, 2022 6:10 pm

A vote tally to affirm the suspension of the Russian Federation from the United Nations Human Rights Council is displayed during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, April 7, 2022.

UN Human Rights Council votes to investigate war crimes in Ukraine

Mike Brest May 12, 2022 5:38 pm