It Is Happening Every Day, Every Where
The defense secretary testified on the eve of the 60-day mark of the war, a major statutory deadline for the president to withdraw forces or seek approval from Congress to continue the fight.
Commanders are concerned about the Pentagon’s shift of long-range precision weapons from the Asia-Pacific region to the Middle East, congressional officials say.
The Navy secretary, John Phelan, was supposed to deliver the first of the president’s ships by 2028. The timeline was nearly impossible.
In a letter, the 11 senators questioned the defense secretary’s decision to gut programs intended to protect civilians and said his orders endangered U.S. troops.
Our reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan discuss how individual members of President Trump’s administration felt in the leadup to the war in Iran, and how they communicated their thoughts to Mr. Trump.
Nearly three weeks into a war that polls show is unpopular, top Republicans have yet to call administration officials to testify about it, arguing that hearings would put divisions on display.
President Trump presided over a Congo-Rwanda peace deal on the same day his administration was being questioned about potential war crimes.
President Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, have been reshaping the way the U.S. military works. David Sanger, who covers the White House and national security for The New York Times, explains how Trump has been using the military lately.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth faced a room of hundreds of generals and admirals whom he had summoned from across the globe, and made his case for shaking up a force that he said had gone soft and “woke.” Greg Jaffe, the Pentagon reporter for The New York Times, discusses Hegseth’s speech.
A testy exchange between a senator who strongly supports Ukraine aid and the defense secretary revealed a deepening split among G.O.P. officials on the war.