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President Donald Trump late Friday signed a memorandum directing several agencies to start militarizing a stretch of the southern border, an escalation of the administration's use of the U.S. military amid its immigration crackdown.The…

The White House on Wednesday released three defense-related executive orders: One to overhaul Pentagon acquisition, one to reform arms exports, and one to “restore American maritime dominance.” The acquisition order aims to “reform our…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Space Force leaders aim to increase their collaboration with allies, saying military-to-military relationships remain strong—despite White House policies that have deeply strained relations with U.S. security…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Two weeks into the Navy’s top job, John Phelan is wrestling with eye-popping program costs and “unacceptable” shipbuilding delays. “Every missed milestone in shipbuilding and maintenance is a risk to our national…

The Trump administration can once again fire all probationary employees after a second court ruling in as many days found those challenging the dismissals did not have standing to sue. Most recently hired, or in some cases recently…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Space Force’s main acquisition arm is looking to see which of its major programs could be scaled back or replaced with a commercial alternative.“Nobody got a pass. Everybody has to do this excursion…

The Supreme Court on Monday reversed the reinstatements of thousands of federal employees the Trump administration has sought to fire, dealing a blow to the workers and groups challenging one of the administration’s key efforts to upend the…

Experts worry that President Trump—having fired the director and deputy director of the National Security Agency—might appoint a partisan political figure to lead the nation’s principal signals-intelligence office.Gen. Timothy…

A month into a Defense Department hiring freeze meant to shrink the civilian workforce, some employees who had been preparing to move into new positions are still living out of hotel rooms, with their personal belongings long since shipped…

NSA and Cyber Command leader Gen. Timothy Haugh was fired Thursday night, seemingly in a White House effort to remove officials deemed not loyal enough to President Donald Trump.Haugh, who had served in the job for about a year, was…