Tag: National Security

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira hopes for a Trump pardon

Mike Brest · May 22, 2025 3:21 pm

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

Task force concludes ‘DEI is dead at DoD’

Mike Brest · May 22, 2025 2:47 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announces Admiral Kevin E. Lunday, center, as Commandant, United States Coast Guard at the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy, Wednesday, May 21, 2025 in New London, Conn. Lunday has been Acting Commandant since January of 2025.

Adm. Kevin Lunday tapped to lead Coast Guard following temporary stint, Noem confirms

Mike Brest · May 21, 2025 3:59 pm

President Donald Trump raises his fist as he boards Air Force One, Jan. 25, 2025.

Pentagon accepts Qatari aircraft to be next Air Force One

Mike Brest · May 21, 2025 2:04 pm

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.

Pentagon working to improve effects of moving on military families

Mike Brest · May 21, 2025 11:43 am

Palestinian activists burn IsraelI and U.S. flags during a protest marking the one year anniversary of the Israel Hamas war, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Let Israel finish the job

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2025 12:01 am

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington.

Trump names Space Force general to lead Golden Dome effort

Mike Brest · May 20, 2025 4:56 pm

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing to examine the president's proposed budget request for fiscal 2026 for the Department of State on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

Rubio: Syrian transitional government could collapse without US engagement

Mike Brest · May 20, 2025 12:59 pm

Pentagon and FAA can’t seem to get on same page over air safety

Mike Brest · May 19, 2025 10:37 pm

Coast Guard at ‘lowest point of readiness’ since WWII, commandant says

Mike Brest · May 19, 2025 9:28 pm

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks at the Al Udeid Air Base, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar.

Hegseth acknowledges Houthis ‘not completely destroyed’ but too costly to continue

Mike Brest · May 19, 2025 7:40 pm

A U.S. Navy ship is docked.

Retired Navy four-star admiral convicted in bribery scheme

Mike Brest · May 19, 2025 4:43 pm