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Daily on Defense

Democrats call for Hegseth to resign after internal watchdog finds he violated policy, put troops at risk

Jamie McIntyre · December 4, 2025 7:32 am

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

US-backed former Afghan government was ‘a white collar criminal enterprise’: Inspector general report

Mike Brest · December 3, 2025 3:22 pm

A person walks past a makeshift memorial for Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe

I came to America as an interpreter. He came as a trained killer. We got the same resettlement plan

Noor Akbari · December 3, 2025 2:00 pm

Some hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force plane as it moves down a runway.

National Security

Biden administration did not vet or run Lakanwal’s name through databases in 2021

Anna Giaritelli · December 2, 2025 5:00 pm

National Guardsmen patrol in front of the Washington Monument on the National Mall, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Suspect accused of shooting National Guard troops pleads not guilty

David Zimmermann · December 2, 2025 3:57 pm

President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino listen as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a meeting with the White House task force on the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Ahead of holidays, Noem advises Trump to impose full travel ban

Anna Giaritelli · December 2, 2025 11:27 am

A Honduran man seeking asylum in the United States wears a shirt that reads, "Biden please let us in," as he stands among tents that line an entrance to the border crossing, Monday, March 1, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. President Joe Biden is holding a virtual meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Monday's meeting was a chance for them to discuss migration, among other issues. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Suspected National Guard shooter reveals deeper problems with asylum seeker vetting

Anna Giaritelli · December 2, 2025 5:00 am

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025.

Leavitt says ‘threat in our interior remains real and urgent’ when asked if US is facing cultural invasion

Mabinty Quarshie · December 1, 2025 3:19 pm

Collage of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), left, and President Donald Trump

Beltway Confidential

Does Mark Kelly ever stop lying about Trump?

Christopher Tremoglie · December 1, 2025 10:57 am

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks to employees at the Department of Homeland Security.

Noem says Biden ‘completely did not vet’ DC shooting suspect granted asylum under Trump

Molly Parks · November 30, 2025 1:36 pm

Afghanistan

DHS reveals Afghan national admitted through Biden’s Operation Allies Welcome arrested for terroristic threat

Brady Knox · November 29, 2025 4:28 pm

national-guard-shooter-and-victim

What drove the DC shooter?

Byron York · November 28, 2025 1:21 pm