Pete Hegseth faces questions over $87.6bn additional funding for Pentagon
Defense secretary and chair of the joint chiefs face Senate appropriations committee to continue Iran war effortUS defense secretary Pete Hegseth walk...
Almost 100 troops injured in recent weeks, Pentagon admits, as Iran launches reprisals on US allies
Iran has attacked a tanker in the strait of Hormuz, forcing its crew to abandon the ship, after the US launched a tenth consecutive night of strikesMi...
Doctors question evidence behind Pentagon plan for testosterone screening
Pete Hegseth announced that soldiers aged 30 and older in the US military will be screened for low testosterone The US defense secretary, Pete Hegset...
Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits amid boot camp outbreak
Move comes after Hegseth made shot optional for military in April and Texas outbreak has sickened nearly 300 peopleThe Pentagon has said that boot cam...
BYD and Alibaba among big names aiding China’s military, Pentagon says
Updated Pentagon list includes swathe of China’s top technology firms in move that could inflame tensions between the countriesThe US added Chinese e-...
Pentagon labels tech giant Alibaba and car maker BYD as aiding Chinese military
The Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of Chinese military companies. The move prevents them from securing U.S. defen...
Pentagon appoints convicted January 6 rioter to sensitive counterterrorism role
Alarm after Elias Irizarry is hired to position in office that manages highly classified military operationsThe Pentagon has appointed a rioter convic...
First Thing: Defense department bars reporters from Pentagon press room
Spokesperson claims Trump administration has ‘the most transparent war department in history’ despite ban on journalists using Pentagon facility. Also...
Pentagon bars journalists from entering its press office citing re-designation
Revocation of access newest attempt by Trump’s defense department to restrict reporting on military affairsJournalists may no longer enter the Pentago...
Pentagon releases second batch of UFO videos and first-hand testimony
Videos in this batch show unidentified aerial phenomena but offer few clues to existence of alien lifeSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emai...
Trump’s pick for surgeon general sells supplement with ingredient banned by Pentagon
Amazon opens an inquiry into Nicole Saphier’s product compliance following Guardian inquiry. White House says she will be a ‘powerful asset’ for Maha ...
U.S. bears brunt of Israel’s missile defense, Pentagon assessments show
Amid hostilities with Iran, the American military expended far more advanced interceptors to protect Israel than Israeli forces did, according to Defe...
New York Times sues Pentagon again over ‘utterly unreasonable’ press restrictions
Trump administration unveiled sweeping restrictions on press access at the Department of Defense last SeptemberSign up for the Breaking News US newsle...
Pentagon quietly shut legally required program to prevent civilian deaths by military, watchdog finds
Trump administration accused of cutting military’s civilian harm program in light of US strike on girls school in IranThe Pentagon has quietly dismant...
Hegseth says Pentagon will review Mark Kelly’s US weapons stockpile remarks
Defense secretary accuses senator of disclosing classified info but Kelly says ‘that’s not classified, it’s a quote from you’Pete Hegseth said he has ...
Pentagon releases first batch of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs
Release follows Trump directive for agencies to declassify government files related to unidentified flying objectsThe Pentagon on Friday released an i...
