Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote to Sen. Elissa Slotkin that "the Joint Force has no plans to send Federal military personnel or Federalized members of the National Guard to polling places...
The White House said on Aug. 31, 2026 that Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months in the job. An Army official, speaking anonymously because they were not authorized to comment, said Driscoll spoke...
The Aug. 14 Secretary of Defense Orders Book records that the commanders of U.S. European, Pacific and Southern Commands, with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle, entered a formal "non-concur" against Defense...
The Washington Post reported that the Pentagon has placed several retired officers with large social-media followings into undisclosed government roles while they amplify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's positions and...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blocked the promotions of four Army officers selected for one-star rank, some with ties to senior Army generals he had removed, a U.S. official told The Hill anonymously on Aug. 28, 2026...
Solicitor General D. John Sauer filed a petition on Aug. 28, 2026 asking the Supreme Court to review a D.C. Circuit ruling that barred the Pentagon from enforcing its ban on service by people with gender dysphoria. Sauer...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced during a visit to Panama that Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras had agreed to let U.S. forces conduct joint military operations against criminal groups on their soil, following...
At an August 12, 2026 meeting of the U.S.-led Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition in Panama City, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an agreement with Colombian Defense Minister Jorge Eduardo Mora bringing Colombia into...
Scouting America eliminated dedicated spaces for LGBTQ+ scouts, women and scouts of color at its National Jamboree in West Virginia this year after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to end the Pentagon's...
At a July 30, 2026 summary-judgment hearing in Anthropic's lawsuit against the Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Rita Lin told Justice Department lawyers that the government's record 'in some ways has gotten...