Defense

Pete Hegseth

Hegseth announces dismantling of Chinese ‘sleeper organizations’ at universities

Molly Parks · October 23, 2026 7:20 pm

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions before his meeting with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday Oct. 22, 2026.

Zelensky: US, Ukraine, and Russia will hold trilateral talks in early November but it ‘all depends on the Russians’

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 35th Fighter Wing taxis towards the runway in support of Beverly Sunrise 27-01 at Misawa Air Base, Japan.

Pentagon and Lockheed Martin finalize framework for 10-year deal for 850 F-35 aircraft

President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks outside the West Wing of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, in Washington.

The Trump administration’s evolving Starshield deflection

An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, operates out of Pituffik Space Base, Greenland, Sept. 10, 2026. The Arctic Region is an austere and demanding environment that tests the operational abilities of USNORTHCOM; iterations of Operation ARCTIC VANGUARD aid in developing resiliency and consistency in these environments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mary Greenwood)

US military looking to expand Greenland base presence next year

President Donald Trump, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington.

Trump says Pentagon should not decide what information journalists can report

Molly Parks September 21, 2025 1:42 pm

Trump speaks to reporters before heading to an annual dinner event.

Trump warns Taliban of ‘bad things’ to come if US doesn’t reclaim Bagram Air Base

Zach LaChance September 20, 2025 8:31 pm

Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., speaks to reporters as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.

Don Bacon slams Pentagon policy on unauthorized information releases: ‘Amateur hour’

Ross O'Keefe September 20, 2025 3:23 pm

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office.

Trump announces third strike on boat, killing three ‘narcoterrorists’

Ross O'Keefe September 19, 2025 9:14 pm

U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters perform a flyover

Four soldiers believed dead in Washington state Black Hawk crash

Ross O'Keefe September 19, 2025 7:11 pm

Daily on Defense

The state of the war in Ukraine

Jamie McIntyre September 19, 2025 7:12 am

President Donald Trump walks by Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center front, at the NATO summit in the Netherlands on June 25. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)

Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine foreshadows America’s looming estrangement from NATO

Jamie McIntyre September 19, 2025 5:45 am

Teledyne Cerberus XL Counter-Small UAS static display at Falcon Peak.

NORTHCOM tests new counter-drone technology for defense of US homeland

Mike Brest September 18, 2025 4:10 pm

UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters fly during a military parade.

US trying to get Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan back, Trump says

Mike Brest September 18, 2025 12:11 pm

IAEA Iran

European countries say Iran hasn’t taken ‘reasonable’ action to stop implementation of sanctions

Mike Brest September 17, 2025 1:30 pm

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro raises his fists.

US strikes on Venezuela drug smugglers raise legal questions about lethal force

Mike Brest September 17, 2025 11:53 am

Daily on Defense

Brushing aside legal questions, Trump executes another deadly strike on alleged drug runners from Venezuela

Jamie McIntyre September 16, 2025 7:22 am