Threats

‘It takes money to kill bad guys,’ Hegseth says of $200B Iran war request to Congress

“Ungrateful allies” should say “thank you” to President Trump, he said.

  • Meghann Myers
Policy

Record-smashing $1.5-trillion spending proposal will fund only the ‘most essential things’: comptroller

The Pentagon’s acting CFO also said that just a sliver of the $153 billion reconciliation funds remains unallocated.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

Lawmakers press SOUTHCOM on Hegseth’s ‘no quarter’ rhetoric

Gen. Francis Donovan repeated what others have said: that he wouldn’t follow an unlawful order.

  • Meghann Myers
Policy

The US built a blueprint to avoid civilian war casualties. Trump officials scrapped it

  • Hannah Allam, ProPublica
Policy

How the Pentagon is working to wriggle out of China’s rare-earths grip

At a conference in Honolulu, the assistant defense secretary for industrial base policy detailed the challenge.

  • Jennifer Hlad
Business

Demand signals are up, but supply chain risks may still hinder production

As the Trump administration pushes for faster weapons production, supply-chain vulnerabilities could trip progress.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

The D Brief: 6 die in tanker crash; Russia’s US-war windfall; Iran’s industry ‘functionally defeated’; Escorts for Hormuz vessels?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston, Meghann Myers and Lauren C. Williams
Threats

Iran’s defense industrial base is ‘functionally defeated’: Hegseth

“Bad things can happen,” defense secretary says of Thursday’s KC-135 crash over Iraq

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: War aims keep shifting; First week’s cost; ‘Ruthless’ JAG review; Ukraine’s China-free drones; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Exclusive Policy

Hegseth orders ‘ruthless’ review of JAGs. Some see an attempt to evade accountability

Current and former military lawyers question the secretary’s motives and timing.

  • Thomas Novelly
Threats

The D Brief: Mines laid in Hormuz; US casualty count; Missile defenses pulled from Asia; DOD’s smaller workforce; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

NSA, Cyber Command get a permanent leader, ending 11-month gap

Gen. Joshua Rudd has spent his career largely in special operations and joint command roles.

  • David DiMolfetta
Exclusive Policy

A year into Hegseth’s cuts, defense civilians report ‘degraded performance’ and low morale

And the hiring freeze is still keeping overseas civilians from taking new jobs stateside.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: More mixed messaging on war; Airstrike pricetag; DOD civs pressed to seek border duty; Anthropic sues Hegseth; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

SecDef leaves Iran war’s timeline in Trump’s hands

The Pentagon is focusing on operational objectives for success, leaving out Trump’s calls for “unconditional surrender” and an “acceptable” new leader.

  • Meghann Myers
Ideas

Take the win. Stop the war.

Killing leaders is the easy part. The post-9/11 wars show that it’s what follows that turns into a disaster.

  • Will Walldorf
Science & Tech

Meet the startups trying to build military-specific AI

The Anthropic-Pentagon feud revealed a giant gap between what giant frontier models do and what troops actually need.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Russia’s helping Iran; Updated strike map; Drone threats; DOD’s new CDO; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

The Pentagon’s investment deals draw congressional scrutiny

DOD weapons buyer Michael Duffey testified about the decision to invest $1 billion in L3Harris.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Policy

Air Force cybersecurity chief tapped to lead Pentagon's information-security efforts

James Bishop will replace acting DCIO(CS)-CISO David McKeown, who followed acting chief Katie Arrington.

  • Frank Konkel and David DiMolfetta
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