Department of Defense

Pentagon officials on Monday asserted that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has the authority to order members of the National Guard to receive a...

A new Defense Department report outlines military spending across the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report reveals that the Top 10...

Congress has allowed the Pentagon to shift billions of dollars to pay for the deployment of National Guard troops to the southern border, the pandemic...

Defense Department leaders have committed to “bold steps” to accelerate adaptation to and to reduce the adverse impacts of climate change. DoD...

The Army will soon launch a one-year pilot program designed to improve services for sexual assault victims. The pilot, part of a planned redesign of...

Suicides among members of the National Guard, which had appeared to be on the decline in 2019, rose in 2020, according to the latest Defense...

A group of Senate Democrats wants to establish a nonpartisan, independent commission to review the war in Afghanistan. They are co-sponsoring the...

Officials are bracing for a possible government shutdown this week after Senate Republicans blocked legislation that would have extended the current...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender service members forced out of the military amid "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” will be granted full Department of...

A congressional commission tasked with recommending new names for defense installations that commemorate Confederate leaders and symbols has launched...

President Joe Biden and senior U.S. military officials are defending ongoing U.S. military evacuation efforts in Afghanistan amid ongoing chaos in...

The Defense Department will begin requiring active-duty service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting in mid-September or upon FDA approval...