Microsoft has announced it will no longer allow engineers based in China to support U.S. defense clients using its Azure cloud services. The decision follows an investigation that raised serious national security concerns over Chinese nationals handling Pentagon-linked systems.
A ProPublica investigation has revealed that Microsoft employs engineers in China to help maintain computer systems for the U.S. Department of Defense, despite minimal oversight by U.S. personnel. The arrangement, which Microsoft uses to support its bid for Pentagon cloud contracts, may expose some of the nation's most sensitive military data to cyber infiltration by China.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has cleared layers of Pentagon bureaucracy to initiate a rapid drone surge across all branches of the U.S. military, acting under direct orders from President Trump.
Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell stated that the United States believes Iran's nuclear program has been delayed by one or two years following President Donald Trump's strikes.
A high-level Senate briefing on June 26, 2025, confirmed the success of President Trump’s precision airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, sending shockwaves through Capitol Hill and silencing critics who doubted his bold leadership.
The Pentagon announced that it will permit civilian employees to aid Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel in border security and immigration enforcement operations.
The U.S. Army will update personnel records to reflect transgender soldiers' biological sex, according to a newly leaked internal memo. The 14-page directive outlines President Donald Trump’s broader policy to phase out transgender service members following a Supreme Court ruling upholding the Pentagon’s authority to enforce such measures.
President Donald Trump is proposing a 13% increase in defense spending for fiscal year 2026, pushing the Pentagon’s budget past the $1 trillion mark for the first time in U.S. history. The “skinny budget” plan, obtained by Air & Space Forces Magazine, outlines national security goals focused on deterring China, strengthening homeland defense, and revitalizing the defense industrial base.
Joe Kasper, chief of staff to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has departed his position at the Pentagon following a series of internal investigations into unauthorized disclosures.
