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"A dark day": Pentagon confiscates badges of Defense reporters

Nearly every Pentagon reporter from almost every major media outlet in America turned in their press badges Thursday, after refusing to endorse the Defense Department's new rules that they say would ... Read More

Hegseth announces retirement of US commander leading counter-narcotics mission in Caribbean

Holsey, 60, has led US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) for less than a year, and his departure comes as several Navy ships and thousands of troops have deployed to the region as part of President ... Read More

Press groups condemn US Defense Department rules governing media access

The association representing journalists who cover the U.S. Department of Defense on Wednesday condemned a new press access policy that could see reporters lose their access as early as next week, a ... Read More

US news outlets reject Pentagon press access policy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -At least 20 news organizations declined to sign a new Pentagon access policy for journalists, warning of the potential for less comprehensive coverage of the world’s most ... Read More

Hegseth tells NATO the U.S. War Department ‘stands ready to do our part’ to ‘impose costs on Russia’

When U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth sat down at Wednesday’s meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, he jokingly chided his fellow defense ministers to adopt the Pentagon’s new nomenclature for ... Read More

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

Adm. Alvin Holsey is leaving less than a year into his tenure, and as the Pentagon escalates attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea. Read More

Commander of US Southern Command retiring, Hegseth says

Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, who is overseeing the U.S. military’s strikes against boats in the Caribbean that the Trump administration argues are smuggling drugs into the country, will retire at the end ... Read More

China and the US have long collaborated in ‘open research.’ Some in Congress say that must change

U.S. lawmakers and national security officials are increasingly alarmed that long-standing research ties between the U.S. and China could give China an advantage when it comes to developing new ... Read More

US reduces total number of troops in Iraq amid shift in bases

The U.S. is reducing the number of troops in Iraq from 2,500 to under 2,000, while leaving Al-Asad Air Base in Western Iraq. Read More

State Department employee took ‘Top Secret’ defense documents home, feds say

Ashley Tellis, 64, is accused of taking documents marked as “Secret” or “Top Secret” from the Mark Center, a Department of Defense facility in Alexandria and bringing them to his home in Vienna on Oct ... Read More

‘Department of War’ is a more accurate label than ‘Defense’

President Trump's idea to rename the department invites Americans to reckon more honestly with the nation’s use of military power. Read More

John Bolton indicted for improper handling of classified documents

Former White House National Security Advisor John Bolton was indicted Thursday on 18 counts related to the improper handling of classified materials, Fox News Digital has learned. Read More