Tag: Department of Defense (Department of War)

Trump and Hegseth deny Musk will receive ‘top secret’ China briefing but confirm Pentagon visit

Emily Hallas · March 21, 2025 8:54 am

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives at the Pentagon, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 in Washington.

Pete Hegseth unveils additional $580 million in DOGE cuts at Pentagon

Jenny Goldsberry · March 20, 2025 2:48 pm

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth responds to reporters' question before the start of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Pentagon during a ceremony, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington.

Top Republicans express concern of possible US command restructuring, cuts

Mike Brest · March 20, 2025 11:42 am

Jackie Robinson, the first black to play major league baseball, chats Jan. 21, 1957 with Branch Rickey Sr., who as general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Robinson to his major league contract. Both men are retired from baseball. They met in Pittsburgh when Robinson visited the city to campaign for funds for the NAACP. (AP Photo)

Jackie Robinson article restored to Defense Department website

Washington Examiner Staff · March 20, 2025 2:09 am

ESPN employee blasts Defense Department for removing article about Jackie Robinson

Washington Examiner Staff · March 19, 2025 5:16 am

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth responds to reporters' question before the start of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Pentagon during a ceremony, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington.

20,000 civilian DOD employees accept voluntary resignation, one-third of desired cuts

Mike Brest · March 18, 2025 3:55 pm

Rescue and salvage crews pull up airplane wreckage of an American Airlines jet in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House Oversight Committee launches investigation into Potomac River plane crash

Jack Birle · March 13, 2025 5:09 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 orders ‘department-wide review’ of military fitness and grooming standards

Washington Examiner Staff · March 13, 2025 1:41 am

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, second from right, and Border czar Tom Homan, left, listen to a briefing by Army soldiers while visiting the US-Mexico border in Sunland Park,, N.M., Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.

Hegseth wishes ‘godspeed’ to SpaceX-NASA mission to bring stranded astronauts home

Ross O'Keefe · March 12, 2025 6:50 pm

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, with Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, responds to reporters' questions before the start of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington.

Hegseth says Department of Defense will no longer do ‘climate change crap’

Washington Examiner Staff · March 10, 2025 2:04 am

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, the Boeing B-29 named the "Enola Gay" is seen on Tinian in the Marianas Islands.

Enola Gay falls victim to Pentagon DEI purge

Mike Brest · March 7, 2025 2:46 pm

The opening page of X is displayed on a computer and phone, Oct. 16, 2023, in Sydney. The social media platform X says it will now allow people to show consensual adult content, as long as it is clearly labeled as such. The move formalizes a policy already in place when the platform was known as Twitter, before billionaire Elon Musk purchased it in 2022.

DoD deputy press secretary faces backlash from Jewish groups over online post

Jenny Goldsberry · March 6, 2025 3:40 pm