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Spies from China and elsewhere are wooing unwitting current and former federal employees, according to a document from the National Counterintelligence and Security Center released Tuesday amid the Trump administration's efforts to…

SecDef Hegseth vowed to “take back” the Panama Canal from Chinese influence in remarks Tuesday that Reuters reported “appeared fine-tuned, talking tough but offering some assurances to Panamanians still unsettled by Trump's threats to…

A drawdown of U.S. forces in Eastern Europe would make it harder for NATO and the United States to respond to ever-increasing Russian aggression, Gen. Chris Cavoli, commander of U.S. European Command, or EUCOM, said Tuesday—just hours after…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The head of U.S. Space Command is calling for weapons to be deployed in space, the most explicit call yet for offensive space capabilities. “It's time that we can clearly say that we need space fires and we need…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says a $1 trillion defense budget is coming soon, the Pentagon chief boasted on social media. If confirmed, it would mark a significant rise from the current $892 billion defense budget, and at a time when…

Hegseth’s murky hiring freeze has civilians in limbo. 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…

Shake-ups at NSA, NSCWho is in charge of the National Security Agency? It’s unclear after President Trump fired Gen. Timothy Haugh, NSA and Cyber Command chief, plus Haugh’s civilian deputy on Thursday night, according to the Washington…

China is rapidly building out its arsenal of counterspace weapons: everything from ground-based lasers to satellites that can grab other satellites, all of which pose a “grave threat” to the U.S., according to Chief of Space Operations Gen.…

White House’s Signal use widensNational security adviser Mike Waltz set up at least 20 Signal group chats to discuss global hot spots, people on them have told Politico. “Two of the people said they were in or have direct knowledge of at…

Denmark's Defense Ministry made waves with its March 30 announcement of an ambitious naval plan that aims to buy at least 26 new vessels and lays out short- and long-term roadmaps for the Royal Danish Navy's and the…