Defense & Security

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced 13 consecutive months of zero releases.

A new White House memo directs War Secretary Pete Hegseth to increase U.S. weapons production.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay on Wednesday and delivered a pointed message to troops: the Pentagon is ready for armed conflict with Cuba.

The United States Army hit its recruiting goals for 2026 four months early, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared during a commencement speech at the United States Military Academy in West Point.

The U.S. Navy on Monday released a 30-year shipbuilding strategy that calls for $68.5 billion in new spending and officially confirms that President Trump's new "Trump-class" battleships will be nuclear-powered and armed with hypersonic missiles and high-energy lasers.

The Trump administration's new counterterrorism strategy expands the nation's national security policy to draw attention to three major terrorist threats: "narcoterrorists and transnational gangs," "legacy Islamist terrorists," and "violent left-wing extremists, including anarchists and anti-fascists."

War Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a Pentagon briefing that the ceasefire with Iran continues to hold despite recent conflict.

The Golden Dome for America (GDA) project is ahead of schedule and on budget, according to officials involved in its development.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Indonesian Minister of Defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin bolstered an agreement to strengthen control over the Strait of Malacca.

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a Pentagon contract to expand missile production.