National Security Trump nominated Mark Esper to be Army secretary two months ago. What’s taking so long? Travis J. Tritten · October 1, 2017 4:01 am
News Trump’s Puerto Rico visit an opportunity to reassure critics of hurricane response Sarah Bedford, Gabby Morrongiello · September 30, 2017 4:01 am
National Security Jack Reed: Jim Mattis and generals stopped Trump from making ‘consequential’ North Korea decisions Travis J. Tritten · September 29, 2017 7:10 pm
Foreign Policy Civilians killed when US missile malfunctions during airstrike responding to Kabul airport attack Anna Giaritelli · September 27, 2017 6:23 pm
National Security Jim Mattis cites ‘critical’ need for international alliances after Trump UN speech Travis J. Tritten · September 20, 2017 2:15 pm
Beltway Confidential The federal government is morbidly obese but Sen. Tom Cotton still wants to quit the diet Philip Wegmann · September 19, 2017 5:52 pm
Foreign Policy US mulls shooting down North Korea missiles: Report Anna Giaritelli · September 19, 2017 1:05 pm
National Security Jim Mattis explains why the US isn’t shooting down North Korean missiles Travis J. Tritten · September 18, 2017 9:16 pm
National Security Jim Mattis: No ‘direct line’ between budget caps and military mishaps Travis J. Tritten · September 18, 2017 9:06 pm
Beltway Confidential How Trump bungled the transgender military ban Nicole Russell · September 18, 2017 3:20 pm
National Security John McCain is co-sponsoring a new bill to block Trump transgender military ban Travis J. Tritten · September 15, 2017 7:06 pm
Beltway Confidential Why Defense Secretary Jim Mattis just visited US nuclear forces Tom Rogan · September 15, 2017 5:19 pm