Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Pentagon

Trump slams former Pentagon chief Mark Esper, doesn’t deny allegations in book

Former President Donald Trump hit back at Mark Esper, his onetime secretary of defense, as a “lightweight” and Republican in name only but did not deny bombshell allegations that he wanted to shoot racial justice protesters or fire missiles at drug targets in Mexico.

Tribune News Service

Former Pentagon chief Esper says Trump asked about shooting protesters

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mark Esper about his forthcoming book, "A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times."

WEKU

Defence department tried to stop Esper revealing that Trump wanted to secretly bomb Mexico drug plants

Pentagon ‘vehemently’ objected to book passage over fears it could damage relations with Mexico

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Former Pentagon chief blasts Trump

Former Defense Secretary Bill Cohen says Trump likens his "powers" to that of Putin

Salon

US military risks a decline in female troops under a Roe rollback

U.S. troops could see their access to abortion severely curtailed if the Supreme Court overturns its landmark ruling on reproductive rights, potentially hurting military recruitment and the retention of women.

Tribune News Service

US Sending Ukraine More Weapons, Dozens Evacuated from Steelworks

US President Joe Biden announced another package of military assistance for Ukraine, as dozens of civilians were evacuated from Mariupol's besieged steelworks, the last pocket of resistance against Russian troops in the port city. Worth $150 million, the latest security assistance would include artillery munitions and radars, Biden said, as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine war boosts weapons makers' stock prices, but revenue to take years to flow through

When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine at the end of February, the stock prices of many of the world's biggest arms manufacturers spiked. However, most of the hardware being sent to Ukraine is coming from donor nations' existing inventories.

ABC News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Pentagon denies helping Ukraine sink Russian ship Moskva

The sinking of Russia’s flagship Moskva missile cruiser last month was a high-profile failure for its military.

Al Jazeera

Pentagon to work with Congress to mitigate inflation's budget bite - Roll Call

The Defense Department will seek supplemental funding from Congress if inflation cuts too much into its buying power.

Roll Call

Live updates | UK: Russia aims to take Mariupol before V-Day

The British military believes Russia wants to take the port city of Mariupol and its vast steel mill before its marks Victory Day on Monday

The Independent UK

I warned national guard of possible coup, Trump defense secretary says

Mark Esper writes in new memoir of how worried he was that Trump would try to use US military to hold on to power

The Guardian - US

Pentagon Denies Helping Ukraine 'Target' Russian Generals

The US Defense Department denied Thursday that it provided intelligence on the locations of Russian generals on the battlefield so that Ukrainian forces could kill them. Reacting to an explosive New York Times report on US support for Ukraine's military, Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby said it was true that the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden announces more artillery, radars for Ukraine's war against Russia

President Joe Biden on Friday announced new US commitments of weaponry for Ukraine in its fight to repel Russia's invasion, but said funding was close to running out and urged Congress to authorise more. To see how all the day's events unfolded, read our liveblog below. All times are Paris…

France 24

Boeing is moving its headquarters from Chicago to the Washington, D.C., area

The company, a major defense contractor, said it will use its campus in Arlington, Va., as the new headquarters, placing its executives closer to key federal government officials.

WEKU

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Axios

Pentagon denies U.S. is providing Ukraine intelligence to kill Russian generals

"The United States provides battlefield intelligence to help Ukrainians defend their country."

The Independent UK

US intelligence is helping Ukrainian forces kill Russian generals, report says

Latest killing came on Saturday in Izyum

The Independent UK

US Cyber Command team helps Lithuania protect its networks

The Pentagon’s cyber arm says a team spent months working with officials in Lithuania to help protect government networks there from cyberattacks

Roll Call

Bipartisan criticism for Army’s housing budget - Roll Call

Senators criticized the Army for short-changing family housing in the service's fiscal 2023 budget request.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

US intelligence helping Ukraine kill Russian generals, report says

Pentagon appears to confirm claims US is providing actionable information to Kyiv

Asharq Al-Awsat

NYT: US Intel Helped Ukraine Target Russian Generals

Intelligence provided by the United States has helped the Ukrainian military target several Russian generals since Moscow's invasion, the New York Times reported Wednesday. Citing multiple senior US officials, the newspaper said that of the approximately dozen Russian generals killed by Ukrainian forces, "many" had been targeted with the help…

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: New Mariupol evacuation mission under way

Ukraine news May 5: UN says third convoy on way to evacuate civilians from ‘hell’ of the besieged Azovstal steel plant.

Tribune News Service

William Shatner, experts weigh in on UFO phenomena in ‘A Tear in the Sky’ documentary

Caroline Cory has been entranced by what was flying so quickly by in the skies. “Since I was 5 years old,” said the producer-director of the UFO documentary “A Tear in the Sky.”

Boston Herald

William Shatner, experts weigh in on UFO phenomena in ‘A Tear in the Sky’ documentary

Caroline Cory has been entranced by what was flying so quickly by in the skies. “Since I was 5 years old,” said the producer-director of the UFO documentary “A Tear in the Sky.”

Tribune News Service

Javelin anti-tank missiles get Biden nod as Ukraine depletes US stash

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden stressed the importance of U.S. and allied weapons for Ukraine’s defense Tuesday with a visit to a Lockheed Martin Corp. plant making Javelin anti-tank missiles, which American and NATO officials say have mauled Russia’s invading armored columns.

The Independent UK

Defense leaders say Russia learning from mistakes in Ukraine

Top Pentagon leaders say the U.S. has learned a great deal about Russian military shortfalls and capabilities in the first two months of the war in Ukraine

1 … 188 189 190 191

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.