WASHINGTON - Acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan withdrew from consideration to be confirmed to the job permanently, President Trump said Tuesday, plunging the Pentagon into...
The details of the charges against Paul Whelan from a special court-martial that resulted in his discharge for bad conduct add to an increasingly complex...
The president's behavior highlighted the struggle Pentagon leaders face in navigating an avowedly apolitical military through a hyperpartisan era in U.S. politics, particularly under a...
Russia's new weapon, the Avangard, is of a type that the Pentagon has been both working on and worrying about as an arms race emerges...
The secretary of defense has his own ambitious agenda, to reshape the U.S. military, but he also faces threats from enemies abroad, surprises from a...
The breach is part of China's long-running effort to blunt the U.S. advantage in military technology and become the preeminent power in east Asia.