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.
Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has been placed on administrative leave and escorted from the Pentagon as part of an ongoing investigation into unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information within the Department of Defense.
The Department of Defense (DOD) cut $5.1 billion in non-essential contracts in its commitment to "strategically rebuild our military, restore accountability to the Department, cut wasteful spending, and implement the President's orders," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote in a memo.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has removed U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield from her position as the U.S. military representative to the NATO Military Committee.
