Defense Department

New Deets On Flynn And Powell’s Batsh*t Attempts To Get Military To Overturn Election

By Cristina Cabrera | November 16, 2021 12:26 p.m.

Defense Sec. Austin Swipes At Complaints About Diversity Push In Military

By Cristina Cabrera | May 31, 2021 1:15 p.m.

Ex-DoD Chief To Testify That Fears Over Appearance Of Coup Delayed Jan. 6 Response

By Josh Kovensky | May 11, 2021 4:39 p.m.

Installing Trump Official As Top NSA Lawyer Shows ‘Disregard’ For NatSec, Pelosi Tells DOD

By Matt Shuham | January 18, 2021 2:59 p.m.

Biden Says That Trump Admin Has Put Up ‘Roadblocks’ To Transition At OMB, DoD

By Summer Concepcion | December 28, 2020 5:39 p.m.

Report: Pentagon Brass Privately Discussing What To Do If Trump Invokes Insurrection Act

By Matt Shuham | September 25, 2020 9:48 a.m.

Trump Tries To Get Into Navy’s Good Graces Amid Week Of Military Remarks Gone Awry

By Summer Concepcion | September 9, 2020 12:05 p.m.

Reports: Pentagon Tells Military Police To Prepare For Potential Deployment

By Matt Shuham | May 30, 2020 10:47 a.m.

Esper Says Navy Ships Treating Patients Without Coronavirus Will Help Alleviate Hospitals

By Summer Concepcion | March 18, 2020 6:56 p.m.

DOD Won’t Comply With House Subpoena, Citing Illegitimate Impeachment Probe

By Nicole Lafond | October 16, 2019 8:51 a.m.

Pentagon Says None Of Its Officials Were On Trump’s Ukraine Call

By Cristina Cabrera | October 3, 2019 4:58 p.m.

Senate Dems Asks Defense Dept IG To Probe Trump Withholding Ukraine Military Aid

By Nicole Lafond | September 26, 2019 9:07 a.m.

General Reminds Trump Not To Blab About Military’s Border Wall Technology

By Cristina Cabrera | September 19, 2019 11:12 a.m.

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Defense Dept Stalls On 3 Border Wall Projects Because They’re Too Expensive

By Nicole Lafond | September 17, 2019 10:31 a.m.

Pence’s Trusty Spokeswoman Will Move To Defense Dept Next Month

By Nicole Lafond | August 14, 2019 7:56 a.m.

Trump Told Defense Head He Doesn’t Want To Go To War With Iran

By Cristina Cabrera | May 16, 2019 6:43 p.m.

Trump Will Tap Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan To Head Pentagon

By Nicole Lafond | May 9, 2019 4:12 p.m.

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Naval Academy Will Enforce Pentagon’s Transgender Ban Starting Next Year

By Associated Press | April 17, 2019 1:18 p.m.

Defense Department Traverses Border, Looking For Areas To Erect Walls

By Kate Riga | March 29, 2019 8:15 a.m.

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan gestures while speakings to members of the media aboard a military plane prior to his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Shanahan spoke about the US-Mexico border after visiting the El Paso, Texas area. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, pool)

Shanahan: ‘Of Course’ I Want To Be Defense Secretary

By Kate Riga | March 27, 2019 8:58 a.m.

New Pentagon Policy Requires Most People To Serve In Their Birth Gender

By LOLITA C. BALDOR | March 13, 2019 9:34 a.m.

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