Trump and Hegseth use 9/11 memorial remarks at Pentagon to defend war on Iran
The president and the defense secretary tried to link the worst terrorist attack in US history to the unpopular warUS politics live – latest updatesDo...
9/11 families to gather at World Trade Center and Pentagon to remember victims on 25th anniversary – US politics live
Victims of those killed in September 11 attacks honored at memorials across the USHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.It is the 25th annive...
US allies lack resources to keep pace on AI, top Pentagon official says
Cameron Stanley talks up ‘revolutionary’ AI capabilities and says Washington working with Nato and Five Eyes partnersThe Pentagon’s top artificial int...
Judge refuses to block Pentagon from firing Stars and Stripes journalists
Ruling allows defense department to proceed for now in exerting greater editorial control over military news outletA federal judge has declined to sto...
Pentagon official overseeing military AI sold millions worth of stock in AI firm
Exclusive: financial disclosures from Emil Michael – who also reaped millions from xAI stock earlier this year – show he sold his Perplexity stock for...
How the Pentagon Is Getting Into the Venezuelan Oil Business Under Trump
The Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital, founded by the Biden administration to give loans to bolster the U.S. defense industry, is helpi...
Pentagon plays down report of Hegseth regularly overruling military advice
Response seeks to discredit Washington Post story that four generals and admirals advised against prolonging Iran warPete Hegseth regularly receives f...
Three journalists sue Pentagon after being fired from military news outlet
Three employees of Stars and Stripes, a government-funded news service, allege they were fired after reporting on USS Abraham LincolnThree journalists...
Pentagon threatens to cut federal funding to 30 universities over foreign academic partnerships
Harvard, Yale, Stanford and others face directive to review and cut alliances Pentagon deems national security riskThirty US universities could lose f...
Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea
President Trump explained the decision by saying South Korea had declined to help with the "denuclearization" of Iran and he cited his good relationsh...
Pentagon official and former Aukus sceptic says deal is ‘full steam ahead’, echoing Trump
Elbridge Colby, a US under secretary of war, says he is ‘very pleased’ with the nuclear submarine program’s progressElbridge Colby, the third-highest-...
Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon picks raise questions over Trump family business ties
Two advisers have links to a venture fund co-investing in US defense companies that benefit from federal spendingPete Hegseth’s appointments to a key ...
Sila lands $1.4B Pentagon loan as militaries demand more batteries
Battery materials startup Sila will use a $1.4 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Defense to scale production at its factory in Washington State...
U.S. general warns Pentagon he lacks sufficient forces to protect Israel
A shortage of Navy destroyers, used to defend against Iranian ballistic missile attacks, will force the head of U.S. European Command to prioritize th...
First Thing: Pentagon accused of disrespecting war dead as Trump threatens to resume Iran war
Controversial move to classify Iran war as two separate campaigns criticised as attempt to minimise casualty figures. Plus, the man who started an ani...
