Defense

War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Leak investigation led to firing of Joint Staff member and DOJ referral: Pentagon

Mike Brest · October 29, 2026 11:39 am

Donald Trump; Volodymyr Zelensky

Pentagon inspector general declines to open Starlink investigation

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, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Hegseth dismisses top military strategist from Joint Chiefs as Trump contemplates further Iran strikes

A member of Harmattan flies a drone during exercise Falcon Peak at Cibola Range Location JERC Two, Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, Sept. 21, 2026.

Army expands test range initiative with two Indiana sites, boosting commercial drone testing options

U.S. sailors taxi aircrafts to a staging point on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury, Feb. 28, 2026.

Latest Iran war estimates: $47 billion in total cost, nearly $30 billion in munitions

DOD intends to discharge transgender service members

Mike Brest February 27, 2025 11:53 am

UK’s Starmer to press for US security guarantees ahead of high-stakes meeting between Trump and Zelensky

Jamie McIntyre February 27, 2025 7:44 am

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on as US President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 26, 2025.

Hegseth: Pentagon doing ‘complete review’ of Afghanistan withdrawal

Mike Brest February 26, 2025 2:21 pm

Taiwan claims China set up ‘live-fire’ training zone off coast

Mike Brest February 26, 2025 12:44 pm

Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) testifies at the first public hearing of a bipartisan congressional task force investigating the assassination attempts against Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 26, 2024.

Mills demands answers over reported Biden-era misuse of service member funds

Ross O'Keefe February 25, 2025 10:08 pm

Border Patrol agents wait for the arrival of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in Sunland Park, New Mexico, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.

Hegseth visits migrant detention center at Guantanamo Bay

Mike Brest February 25, 2025 5:54 pm

Stephen Feinberg, President Donald Trump's choice for deputy secretary of defense, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.

Nominee to Pentagon’s No. 2 won’t affirm Russia invaded Ukraine

Mike Brest February 25, 2025 1:36 pm

Senate confirms Daniel Driscoll as next Army secretary

Mike Brest February 25, 2025 1:35 pm

UK announces defense spending increase ahead of Starmer-Trump meeting

Mike Brest February 25, 2025 10:49 am

On third anniversary of war, Zelensky struggles to resist Trump demands for capitulation to Russia and obeisance to US

Jamie McIntyre February 24, 2025 8:22 am

Pentagon building aerial view at sunset.

Pentagon tells personnel not to respond to Musk-backed accomplishments email

Mike Brest February 23, 2025 4:13 pm

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center, is welcomed to the Pentagon by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 in Washington

Hegseth defends Trump’s firing of Joint Staff Chairman Gen. CQ Brown

Mike Brest February 23, 2025 1:20 pm