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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who announced he wouldn’t seek reelection following his decision to vote down President Donald Trump ’s sweeping domestic policy bill earlier this month, on Wednesday slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as “out of his depth” in his role at the Pentagon.
Pentagon officials denied the narrative perpetuated by President Donald Trump that there was a lack of communication between the department and the White House regarding the temporary suspension of military aid to Ukraine.
Israel and Ukraine have used drones against their adversaries in audacious ways that have helped the Pentagon see the need for new technology.
Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 26, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / ) Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary,
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Responsible Statecraft on MSNThe Pentagon spent $4 trillion over 5 years. Contractors got 54% of it.The paper, which I co-authored with Stephen Semler, found that 54% of the Pentagon’s $4.4 trillion in discretionary spending from 2020 to 2024 went to military contractors. The
Elbridge Colby’s rigid view of foreign policy, and the steps he believes the US must take, are ruffling some feathers in Washington.
In a year without a large-scale DOD budget rollout, our reporters decipher what programs will receive Pentagon funding in fiscal 2026.
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Emily Standley Allard on MSNThe Pentagon’s 2025 UAP Report: Unveiling Decades of Secrets and DisinformationPentagon UAP Report didn’t just offer bland bureaucratic updates. It pulled back the curtain on a strange, sometimes absurd, and deeply revealing chapter of U.S. history involving UFOs, secret tech, and Cold War mind games.