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The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials.The administration is shuttering the FBI’s Foreign Influence…

Pentagon leaders have spent the week drawing up lists of civilian employees, as directed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in preparation for the kinds of mass firings that have recently slashed thousands of workers at other federal…

WAIKIKI, Hawaii—As DOGE focuses its attention on the Pentagon, two members of the House Armed Services committee are urging caution. “I welcome the audit. I welcome the transparency,” Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., said in Feb. 14 remarks at…

Ukraine’s military has grown fourfold since Russia’s full-scale invasion began three years ago, holding off a much bigger force with soldiers who have gone from civilian to battle-ready in just weeks.Their success on the battlefield, where…

SecDef’s funding switch Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has directed Pentagon officials to redirect about $50 billion—about 8% of the expected total of roughly $850 billion—in the Biden administration’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal, Defense…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed Pentagon officials to find about $50 billion in the Biden administration’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal that can be redirected to new priorities, according to a late-Wednesday statement by his…

Trump joins Putin’s Ukraine blame game: Almost exactly three years ago, Russia’s military launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a young democracy on Russia’s western border with Europe. The invasion quickly turned into the largest war…

Find things to cut, lawmakers tell DOD ahead of budget season. House Armed Services Committee leaders have asked the services to list “obsolete programs that don’t enhance our deterrence,” according to letters sent Friday to the chiefs of…

China is rehearsing for war, U.S. Indo-Pacific commander says. Navy Adm. Sam Paparo used sharper words than usual to describe recent patterns of activity on Thursday. The Chinese government is “on a dangerous course” and its military’s…

WAIKIKI, Hawaii—The Chinese government is “on a dangerous course” and its military’s “aggressive maneuvers around Taiwan right now are not exercises, as they call them. They are rehearsals,” U.S. Indo-Pacific Command leader Adm. Sam Paparo…