Pentagon

Pentagon officials reel from news Austin kept cancer diagnosis quiet

Evan Massoud

Stunned Defense Department officials struggled on Tuesday to digest the news that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been diagnosed with ...

The Pentagon adds new details about Austin’s secretive hospital stay and the delay in telling Biden

Evan Massoud

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon released new details Sunday about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s continued hospitalization, saying he had a ...

The Pentagon’s second-in-command didn’t know Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized when she took over his duties

Evan Massoud

Fallout continues after the news that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was quietly hospitalized. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks didn’t ...

Senior Biden leaders, Pentagon officials unaware for days that defense secretary was hospitalized

Evan Massoud

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Biden administration leaders, top Pentagon officials and members of Congress were unaware for days that Defense ...

Independent lawyers begin prosecuting cases of sexual assault and other crimes in the US military

Evan Massoud

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Thursday opened a new chapter in how it investigates and prosecutes cases of ...

US announces new weapons package for Ukraine, as funds dwindle and Congress is stalled on aid bill

Evan Massoud

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday announced what officials say could be the final package of military aid to ...

How Rebellion Defense, The $1 Billion Military AI Startup Hyped By Silicon Valley, Wound Up In A Nosedive

Gregory Daniels

Launched with funding from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Rebellion Defense promised to deliver cutting-edge AI for the U.S.-U.K. alliance. ...

New Speaker Johnson’s budget strategy stretches US response in Middle East

Evan Massoud

House Speaker Johnson’s (R-La.) funding strategy is threatening to stretch the U.S military as it responds to heightened tensions with ...

China said the US is a disruptor of peace in response to Pentagon report on China’s military buildup

Abhinav Thawait

BANGKOK (AP) — China said the United States is the “biggest disruptor of regional peace and stability” in the world ...