Pete Hegseth has given the U.S. military a deadline to prep for steep cuts—with some notable carveouts.

The Department of Defense has a bloated budget, is rife with corruption, and has never passed an audit. Hundreds of billions should be slashed.

Donald Trump is amping up his vendetta against Mark Milley.

Donald Trump ordered a widespread pause on federal grans and loans.

Hours after Pete Hegseth cleared a major procedural hurdle in the Senate, President Trump suggested his embattled nominee may not ultimately be confirmed.

The president-elect’s pick to run the Pentagon wouldn’t stand a chance of confirmation in the pre-Trump era. Then again, there weren’t any presidents corrupt enough to pick him until now.

The Alabama senator’s shenanigans are bad enough in the here and now. But what happens when a President Trump can stack the Pentagon with loyalists?

What, you didn’t know the U.S. defense establishment is captive to the far left? Pay attention!

The president has been forced to go it alone thanks to a stalled Congress.

The U.S. has sent thousands more troops to Europe, and spent billions on weapons for Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Pentagon’s budget continues to grow. Americans are paying the price for it.

The 20-year conflict was a boon to the military-industrial complex, at the cost of untold lives.

Our death-dealing institutions are no less lethal, but Republicans are just that desperate for another front in the culture war.

What is the Biden administration going to do about it?

It’s still an illegitimate power grab, even if Republican operatives are only doing it to protect Trump’s fragile ego.

The president says the generals hate him because he ends endless wars. That ain't it, chief.

Space aliens are having a moment in America, thanks to the Blink-182 frontman’s E.T.-hunting A-team. But what’s his real plan?

A story of Iraqi politics, Pentagon oil contracts, and an ongoing foreign policy disaster

As families face food insecurity and homelessness, lobbyists, massive corporations, and the American war machine are living large.

The Pentagon’s ill-advised new “interim” recruiting policy could cause precisely the harm to service members that it seeks to avoid.

Amid a global oil collapse, the military is overpaying politically connected contractors to keep its jets fueled in Iraq.