Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a sweeping, military-wide review of physical fitness and grooming standards with the apparent aim of making the military a stricter and less accommodating ...

The security detail for former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, which was provided by the Defense Department, was revoked Tuesday night, a U.S. official and a Defense Department official told CBS ...

The ambiguity of the president’s warning could pave the way for lawsuits. It also could be damaging, critics say, if it has ...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, middle, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley speak to the media after briefing President Donald Trump about recent US air strikes ...

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In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership Friday night, President Donald Trump fired the top US general ...

CNN reported at the time that then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper told Trump that his actions could damage the integrity of the military’s justice system. Trump announced Brown’s firing on the ...

Trump has regularly focused on the look of US Navy ships, such as the first-in-class USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier.

The president's former defense secretary, Mark Esper, wrote previously that Trump would gripe about the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, saying that the island "looks really bad." ...

The State Department has declared several Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, with Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader Elon Musk floating the idea of drone strikes ...