US House passes massive defense policy bill, despite transgender provision
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a defense policy bill on Wednesday, governing a record $895 billion in annual ...
US defense secretary in Japan to support alliance as Osprey aircraft safety causes concern
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has met with officials in Japan to reaffirm the importance of their alliance and ...
Ernst suggests she's not yet in favor of confirming Pete Hegseth as US defense secretary
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, who is a military veteran, said she had a "thorough" conversation with defense secretary nominee Pete ...
House passes nearly $1 trillion defense spending bill, adding to US debt of $36 trillion
The U.S. House passed a mostly bipartisan bill to spend nearly $1 trillion on national defense, adding to the already growing $36 trillion national debt.
US defense contributions 'unfair,' Europe needs to do more, incoming Lithuanian minister says
Lithuanian Defence Minister Dovile Sakaliene said on Wednesday that the large U.S. proportion of Western defense spending is ...
Trump picks Kari Lake to lead Voice of America
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Kari Lake, a former television news anchor and former gubernatorial and senatorial ...
Republicans looking for new ways to force through China crackdowns left out of yearly defense bill
After a number of China crackdown provisions failed to make it into the yearly defense bill, Republicans are working on ways ...
China's missile force has Guam in its sights. The US military just took a big, first-of-its-kind step toward strengthening its defenses.
The US is looking for better ways to protect key military sites on Guam in the face of evolving Chinese threats. It's making ...
Canadian defense department releases new image of UFO shot down by US fighter jet
Canada's Department of National Defence has released an updated image of an unidentified object that was shot down.
US scrambles to quell ISIS resurgence in Syria after fall of Assad
The US’ key anti-ISIS partners in Syria said on Wednesday that the ISIS detention facilities they guard are coming under ...
House approves massive National Defense Authorization Act with controversial provision
The U.S. House passed the country's annual defense policy bill, the $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act that includes a pay raise for service members and a funding ban on gender-affirming ...
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Bring Back the War Department
If you want a clear strategy for winning wars, don’t play a semantic game with the name of the department that’s charged with the strategy’s execution.