Pentagon

Anthropic suspends top AI models after US export-control order

U.S. officials ordered the company to limit foreign access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5.

Push for new Cyber Force service branch narrowly fails in the Senate

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s amendment aimed to place a new service under the Army.

‘A terrible risk’: Senate appropriators dim prospects of another defense reconciliation bill

Trump’s shipbuilding, munitions, and Golden Dome efforts rely on extra-budgetary funding maneuver.

New calls for lawmakers to override Trump’s anti-union EO at the Pentagon

Last year, the Senate blocked a House measure to halt ban on collective bargaining at the Defense Department and other agencies.

Trump’s edict making 8,000 feds at-will employees draws swift outcry

Agencies have just one week to reclassify thousands of federal workers, stripping them of most civil service protections.

GOP lawmakers axe provision to limit the use of JAGs in civilian roles

The Trump administration has shifted dozens of military lawyers to temporary jobs as immigration judges, special attorneys.

New bill aims to regulate military uses of AI

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand also wants to establish a clear chain of human accountability for AI on the battlefield.

Ready, fire, aim: Pentagon cut workforce with little analysis before or since

Defense officials concurred with GAO that lessons should be drawn—but gave no indication they will be.

Data brokers are helping enemies target US troops. The Pentagon must step up, lawmakers say

Commercial location data has been used to "target or surveil U.S. personnel in theater,” CENTCOM says.

HASC still waiting for updated E-7 Wedgetail funding request

‘We would like to see that budget amendment,” one senior staffer said.

The Pentagon’s $54 billion bet on autonomous warfare

With new DAWG initiative, the DOD is attempting to fix a historically slow-moving, broken acquisition pipeline.

Key Army efforts pinned to lawmakers’ taste for a new reconciliation bill

White House puts funding for munitions, industrial development in precedent-breaking request.

One year in, Army’s transformation efforts are under fire

Hegseth is rethinking his order to offload old systems and bring in new tech.