Several reports and hearings have found successive administrations culpable. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the Pentagon to investigate August 2021’s “chaotic withdrawal” from Afghanistan. Hegseth also said he wants to “thoroughly examine previous investigations” into decisions made by the Biden administration before the suicide bombing at Kabul International Airport’s Abbey Gate that killed
The Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing to receive testimony on the Department of Energy’s atomic energy defense activities and the Department of Defense nuclear weapons programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program at 4:45 p.m. ET on May 20. Read More Original
The Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing to receive testimony on the Department of Energy’s atomic energy defense activities and the Department of Defense nuclear weapons programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program at 4:45 p.m. ET on May 20. Read More Original
The president said the new ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense network should be operational before the end of his term. The Department of Defense has selected a design for President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense initiative, Trump announced on May 20. “I’m pleased to announce that we have officially selected an architecture for this state-of-the-art
The 7-2 order allows state Rep. Laurel Libby to resume her duties while an appeal proceeds. The U.S. Supreme Court on May 20 reinstated a Maine state lawmaker’s speaking and voting privileges that had been suspended over her criticism of males participating in girls’ high school sports. In March, the speaker of the Maine House of
‘The operating system, or future updates … to the system, could contain backdoors and vulnerabilities designed to facilitate espionage,’ their letter reads. The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is urging the State Department, Commerce Department, and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to block the diffusion of Chinese tech giant Huawei’s HarmonyOS around
The Tesla CEO said DOGE only works in an advisory role. Tesla CEO and presidential adviser Elon Musk said the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has no power to initiate major government spending cuts and that Congress needs to act. “I am certainly an adviser. I don’t have formal power, and that’s it. The president