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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…

Kyiv’s allies across Europe are increasingly anxious after the leaders of Russia and the United States discussed Vladimir Putin’s ongoing Ukraine invasion over the phone on Wednesday. Opening moves: U.S. President Donald Trump said the…

The U.S. and Russian presidents have agreed to “start negotiations immediately” to end the war in Ukraine, Donald Trump said Wednesday after a phone call with Vladimir Putin—adding that he would “inform” Kyiv of the conversation. But…