Policy

Trump orders military to plan to ‘seal the borders’

Inaugural-day executive order instructs NORTHCOM to “repel forms of invasion”—a legal formulation that might not stick.

Defense Systems

‘Navy wasted $1.84 billion’: GAO slams cruiser-rehab effort

Poor planning, myriad changes have marred the Congress-mandated effort to refit Ticonderoga cruisers for five more years of life.