Democrats Seek to Limit Trump’s War Powers After Venezuela Boat Strikes

Lawmakers have said that President Trump has not provided sufficient evidence about the threat posed by the vessels or the legal basis to use force against them. Read More

Trump officials fret military members may not be 'professional' enough to be seen with him

President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver an address Friday afternoon at which he'll announce that he's changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. His officials, ... Read More

Trump’s Military Rule

Rosa Brooks on Trump’s National Guard deployment and using troops to police American streets. Plus: how Trump’s foreign policy is weakening America’s alliances and reputation. Read More

Trump’s strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boat raises questions about his use of military power

As Donald Trump prepared to return to the White House, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham encouraged him to send a message to drug cartels. Read More

Trump claims he can do anything he wants with the military. Here’s what the law says

Having rebranded the Department of Defense as the Department of War, the president is going on offense with the US military. Read More

Trump’s Military Moves Ratchet Up Threat of State-on-State Conflict

Donald Trump is using the military to beta-test a police state, and some fear it could lead to civil conflict like National Guard forces clashing. Read More

Why is Trump renaming the Defense Department? What to know about order.

U.S. military operations will soon be run under the Department of War, an old name for the Department of Defense that President Donald Trump is reviving. Trump will sign an executive order reverting ... Read More

How Does Trump’s Federal Takeover End?

The president has opened the door to a permanent military occupation of the nation’s capital—and maybe other cities too. Read More

Can Trump legally rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War?

The nation’s 47th president was set to sign an executive order on Friday, Sept. 5, in an effort to rename the United States Department of Defense “The Department of War.” The move, confirmed by the ... Read More

Trump Says U.S. Military Has ‘Never Fought to Win’ Since World War II

As he signed an order recognizing the Defense Department as the “Department of War,” President Trump said that the country “could have won every war, but we really chose to be very politically correct ... Read More

Trump cites Colorado's mail-in voting in moving military space HQ to Alabama

U.S. military operations in space will soon be led from Huntsville, Alabama. President Donald Trump announced he is moving U.S. Space Command headquarters out of Colorado Springs, Colorado, citing the ... Read More