Nominee for Joint Chiefs Chairman Pledges to Stay Apolitical, Denies Wearing MAGA Hat Retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine was nominated by Trump to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs after the president fired the previous...
Trump Withdraws Rep. Elise Stefanik's Nomination for UN Ambassador, Citing Tight GOP House Margin The abrupt withdrawal reflects growing concern among House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, that their historically...
Fewer Americans Now See Canada as a Close US Ally as Trump Strains a Longtime Partnership A new poll shows Americans are less likely to see Canada and the U.S. as close allies than they were two years ago.
Banned Books, School Walkouts, Child Care Shortages: Military Families Confront Pentagon's Shifting Rules At a public school, the protest might have led to a detention and maybe some revoked after-school privileges. But on a...
Air Force, Navy Warn Troops About Political Speech Amid Trump Administration Changes New memos from the Air Force and the Navy warn troops to watch their political speech online and in person, and even...
Government Shutdown Averted, Money for Junior Enlisted Pay Raise Secured After Senate Passes Funding Bill Troop pay will be protected and money to cover an upcoming pay raise for junior enlisted service members will be secure after...
GOP Plan to Avert Government Shutdown Would Fund Next Month's Junior Enlisted Pay Raise A House Republican plan to keep the federal government open past Friday by putting most agencies' funding on autopilot...
I Was Fired, and Thousands of Veterans Are Next Unless We Act "A community of people with special expertise in teamwork and effectiveness is a valuable asset to the government, and they...
Hegseth Scraps Fort Moore Name in Latest Move to Undo Congress' Base Renamings The Army will return the famed Georgia base to Fort Benning, the name originally chosen in honor of Confederate Henry Benning...
No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
