Policy

Skeptical senators grill White House pick to lead Indo-Pacific policy

The nominee to be assistant defense secretary for Indo-Pacific security affairs, backed the president's push for Taiwan to spend more.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Policy

More employees set to receive furlough notices as shutdown drags on

DOD has not said how long nonexempt civilian employees might be kept working.

  • Eric Katz
Threats

The D Brief: Guard deployments on hold; 4th speedboat bombed; Russia strikes Lviv; China’s black-market oil; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Shutdown poised to drag into next week as layoff threat looms

Senate once again fails to approve spending bill and the two sides remain far divided.

  • Eric Katz
Threats

The D Brief: War on leaks; IGs, targeted; Guard-deployment sitrep; The next geoint hub?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Reactions to Quantico; Shutdown, in effect; USAF chief nom; GOP govs call out troops; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Thomas Novelly
Policy

SecDef uses unprecedented meeting to unveil 10 personnel, due-process reviews

After summoning senior officers from around the world, Hegseth invites them to resign if they don’t agree with him.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

Shutdown would curtail long-term intelligence work at DOD

Routine spying activities conducted by NSA, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and others would continue, but some forward-looking intelligence planning would be halted, a department document shows.

  • David DiMolfetta
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth, Trump at Quantico; Shutdown watch; Defense-strategy concerns; Troops-in-streets update; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Don’t let the ‘unequal dialogue’ become a partisan one

Secretary Hegseth's short-notice summoning of flag officers evinces a dangerous lack of respect.

  • Paula Thornhill
Threats

The D Brief: Two mass shootings; Troops to Portland?; Trump to join Hegseth-brass confab; Arrested by ICE for “how they look”; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: DOD sheds 60K civilians; EU warns Moscow; USAF’s new ‘homeland’ focus; China’s airborne gets help; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Exclusive Policy

More than 60K defense civilians have left under Hegseth—but officials are mum on the effects

Months into a hastily ordered overhaul, officials declined to disclose metrics, discuss problems.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth yanks brass to Quantico; Drones close Danish airports; AFSOC’s Caribbean work; Russia’s AI drones; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Agencies should prep for mass layoffs if shutdown occurs, White House says

OMB is requesting updated reduction-in-force plans even if a shutdown is averted.

  • Eric Katz
Threats

The D Brief: Trump’s Ukraine reversal; Russian refineries, hit; China’s missiles; Iran’s rebuilding effort; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

The Pentagon’s new startup focus is pushing established companies to try new strategies

Older firms are finding ways to partner with tomorrow’s defense stars.

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

Pentagon CTO wants AI on every desktop in 6 to 9 months

Emil Michael said he's spending up to half his time rethinking DOD's AI-deployment strategy.

  • Alexandra Kelley
Policy

Judge says Trump's mass-probationary firings were illegal, but he won't order re-hirings

But agencies must still send an exculpatory letter to some 25,000 illegally fired employees.

  • Eric Katz
Defense Systems

Names, networks, and politics

What does the White House’s ‘Department of War’ push mean for the names of the Pentagon’s networks? Officials aren’t quite sure.

  • Lauren C. Williams
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