Defense Spending

President Trump speaks on the South Lawn of the White House as he walks to Marine One.

Immigration

Trump’s calculated ’emergency’ plan to build a wall

January 8, 2019 5:00 am

Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, left, and acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, right, listen as President Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in D.C.

Beltway Confidential

Keep the sunlight shining on military waste

Quin Hillyer -

January 6, 2019 12:00 pm

In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, file photo, Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan speaks to reporters on the steps of the Pentagon.

National Security

Enter Patrick Shanahan: The Pentagon ‘remains focused on safeguarding our nation’

Naomi Lim -

January 1, 2019 10:00 am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, listens during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 15, 2018.

Editorials

Elizabeth Warren is one more stale, big-government politician serving the elites

Washington Examiner -

January 1, 2019 5:00 am

The administration requested a total of 63 F-35s this year. The House version already added the 11.

Business

Lockheed’s $712 million F-35 upgrade drives priciest fighter’s cost further toward half a trillion dollars

James Langford -

December 28, 2018 10:12 pm

President Trump speaks at a hangar rally at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018.

News

Trump boasts about 10 percent pay raise for troops that doesn’t exist

Steve Beynon -

December 27, 2018 8:23 pm

Three Ukrainian ships are seen as they docked near the Kerch after been seized ate Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, in Kerch, Crimea, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. The Ukrainian parliament is set to consider a presidential request for the introduction of martial law in Ukraine following an incident in which Russian coast guard ships fired on Ukrainian navy vessels.

Foreign Policy

‘Music to Putin’s ears’: Baltic nations lament Trump’s tepid response to Russian aggression

Joel Gehrke -

December 22, 2018 8:52 pm

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Viper Company, 1-26 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), with the East Africa Response Force (EARF), prepare for night vision training at Grand Bara, Djibouti, Dec. 14, 2018. The purpose of the EARF is to rapidly provide tailorable packages of forces to protect American interests on the African continent should any threats arise.

Beltway Confidential

The Pentagon failed an audit it never expected, or tried, to pass

Sean Kennedy -

December 19, 2018 7:45 pm

National Security

Mitch McConnell: Republicans will avoid a shutdown, ‘fufill our duty to govern’

Katelyn Caralle -

December 19, 2018 4:21 pm

President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he reviews border wall prototypes, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in San Diego.

Immigration

Trump: We’re building the wall ‘one way or the other’

Katelyn Caralle -

December 19, 2018 12:53 pm

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