Politics Mar 26 Lawmakers denounce plan to divert military money for border wall Both Republicans and Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee said there is little support for tapping military construction projects for the wall, about a week after Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan sent a list of vulnerable projects to Capitol…
World Mar 22 White House says Islamic State territory in Syria eliminated President Trump said Friday "it's about time" that the group no longer controlled territory in the region, after a campaign by U.S. and coalition forces that spanned five years and two U.S. presidencies unleashed more than 100,000 bombs and killed…
World Mar 21 Marines cut training to cover costs of hurricane damage, border mission The top Marine general warned the problem is "imposing unacceptable risk" to Marine Corps combat readiness.
Politics Mar 20 Pentagon to probe if Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan used office to help Boeing Patrick Shanahan is faces an ethics complaint alleging he has made statements promoting Boeing and disparaging its competitors.
World Mar 03 U.S., South Korea end spring military drills to back diplomacy South Korea and the U.S. are eliminating their massive springtime military drills and replacing them with smaller exercises in what they call an effort to support diplomacy aimed at resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis.
Politics Feb 26 Top U.S. general says no military threat on southern border Under pointed questioning from senators, the top U.S. general for homeland defense said Tuesday that he sees no military threat coming from the southern border with Mexico, but his focus in on "very real" threats from China and Russia in…
Politics Jan 17 WATCH: Trump says U.S. will develop space-based missile defense Declaring that space is the new warfighting domain, President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed the U.S. will develop an unrivaled missile defense system to protect against advanced hypersonic and cruise missile threats from competitors and adversaries.
Politics Dec 28 AP fact check: Trump makes false claim to troops about pay In his first visit to U.S. troops in a conflict zone, President Donald Trump drew cheers when he told troops he won them their first raise in 10 years and suggested it was a whopping one. Neither is true. Here's…
Politics Dec 24 ‘Fix-it’ man Shanahan, Mattis’ successor, working to streamline defense spending In the new year Trump wants to focus on streamlining purchases at the Pentagon, an issue on which Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has already been working, a White House official said.
Politics Dec 23 Trump: Mattis out as of Jan. 1; deputy to be acting chief Irritated with the criticism and fallout from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ resignation, President Donald Trump on Sunday pushed the Pentagon chief out the door two months earlier than planned, an acrimonious end to a tense relationship that had been eroding…