GovernmentJul 22, 2026House Passes Bill Renaming Defense DepartmentThe U.S. House of Representatives passed an annual defense policy bill on Wednesday that includes language reflecting President Donald Trump's request for $1.15 tril...Defense SpendingDepartment of DefenseTrump
MilitaryJul 5, 2026Pentagon Limits Stars and Stripes' Editorial IndependenceStars and Stripes, the Department of Defense newspaper for U.S. service members (averaging 1.4 million daily viewers and still printed overseas), has long claimed ed...Stars and StripesFirst AmendmentDepartment of Defense
ElectionsAug 18, 2026·ProvisionalSen. Slotkin Seeks Pentagon Pledge on PollsSen. Elissa Slotkin sent letters on Tuesday to Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine asking them to confirm that the Department of Defense will not send federal troops to polli...Elissa SlotkinDepartment of DefenseGen. Dan Caine
PoliticsJan 14, 2026Changing Defense Department's name could cost up to $125 million, CBO estimatesThe Trump administration has initiated a process to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War, a change that could cost taxpayers between $10 million...TrumpDepartment of DefenseMilitary+2
PoliticsDec 22, 2025Trump admin says it's halting offshore wind projects over security riskThe Trump administration has announced the suspension of leases for five offshore U.S. wind farms, citing national security concerns identified by the Department of ...TrumpOffshore Wind ProjectsDepartment of Defense+2
PoliticsDec 16, 2025Pentagon launches full command investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly over ‘serious misconduct’ allegationsSenator Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona and retired Navy Captain, is under an official command investigation by the Pentagon over allegations of serious miscondu...Mark KellyTrumpDepartment of Defense
TechnologyApr 27, 2026Google employees urge CEO Sundar Pichai to decline providing AI systems for classified Department of Defense workloadsOn April 27, 2026, CBS News reported that hundreds of Google employees sent an open letter to CEO Sundar Pichai asking him to refuse making Google's artificial intel...GoogleOpenAIDepartment of Defense
