James Comer Requests Pentagon Information on China’s Deep-Sea Mining Activities
House Committee Questions DOD on China’s Deep-Sea Mining Impact A House committee has requested the Department of Defense (DOD) to clarify its strategies for addressing China’s activities in deep-sea mining, as outlined in a letter reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The House Committee on Defense Oversight is seeking a staff-level briefing from the […]
Microsoft’s employment of engineers from China may be compromising Pentagon technology to hackers.
Microsoft has been managing some of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) most sensitive cloud computing systems for years, raising concerns about potential hacking vulnerabilities, according to a recent Propublica study released on Tuesday. Due to U.S. laws that restrict foreign access to federal systems handling sensitive information, Microsoft is utilizing American “digital escorts” to […]
Hegseth Prevents Pentagon Officials from Going to International Defense Conference
Defense Secretary Pete Hegses announced the withdrawal of military speakers from this year’s Aspen Security Forum. Hegses confirmed the change, which impacts around 12 senior Pentagon officials, including the Navy Secretary, who were expected to participate. Hegses noted that this decision is in response to unsuitable relations with the forum. The Aspen Institute, hosting the […]
Hegseth Reveals Pentagon Strategy for Drone Supremacy
New Memo from Defense Secretary Promotes U.S. Drone Production Defense Secretary Pete Hegses issued a memo on Thursday aimed at accelerating American drone production and their deployment in military operations. This directive effectively lifts numerous restrictions from the Biden administration that had previously limited the production and use of smaller, cost-effective unmanned aerial systems (UAS). […]
Intel Indicates Iranian Nuclear Program Delayed by ‘One to Two Years’, Pentagon Spokesperson States
Pentagon Report on Iran’s Nuclear Program After U.S. Strike The Pentagon’s latest intelligence assessment indicates that a U.S. strike on Iran’s significant nuclear facilities has delayed the country’s nuclear program by “a year or two,” according to Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s chief spokesman. This information was shared with reporters on Wednesday. The June 21 strike […]
Pentagon Establishing 250-Mile Military Buffer Zone Along Southern Border
The Department of Defense is establishing a large military buffer zone in southern Texas in accordance with the presidential order to enhance border security. Defense Secretary Pete Hegses led the creation of a new military buffer zone (officially known as the Defense Region) that covers approximately 250 miles along the Rio Grande River in Hidalgo […]
Pentagon sets price tag for 60-day Los Angeles troop deployment at $134 million
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses testified before the House Approximately Defense Subcommittee held at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Photo by Somodevilla/Getty Images) A Pentagon budget official said Tuesday that the deployment of National Guard troops and US Marines to the Trump administration protesting the federal government over immigrant attacks in […]
Trump Admin Wants A Record $1,000,000,000,000 Pentagon Budget — But Does America Need It?
The US military’s defense capabilities have been ignored for too long. And President Donald Trump’s record $1 trillion defense budget proposal will help reverse the course, a former Pentagon official told the Daily Caller. However, opponents argue that dramatic increases in spending are unnecessary and useless. Trump announced the proposal in April, in an incident […]
Top Hegseth Adviser Placed On Leave Amid Pentagon Intelligence Leak Probe
The top advisor to the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses was placed on administrative leave Tuesday after being identified in an intelligence reporting agency’s pentagonal investigation into leaks, two U.S. defense officials confirmed with the Daily Caller News Foundation. Dan Caldwell, who? Provided by As a senior adviser at Hegseth, reportedly an “Unauthorized disclosure,” one […]
Pentagon Geek Squad Resigns En Masse After Rival DOGE Nerds Streamline Them Into Obsolescence
Almost all of the Pentagon’s elite technical forces will step down by the end of April after being sidelined by the Elon Musk-led Office of Government Efficiency (DOGE), sources told Politico on Tuesday. Mass resignation will effectively shut down 14 Defense Digital Services (DDS), created in 2015 to inject Silicon Valley-style speed and innovation into […]