A dozen members of the U.S. National Guard have been removed from duty helping secure the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden after vetting, which included screening for potential ties to right-wing extremism, Pentagon officials said on Tuesday.

“Green Zone” is Pentagon jargon made real. It’s a euphemism for safety and security within a tightly patrolled perimeter, a term whose very use masks the violence that calls it into being.

Unidentified gunmen killed two female judges from Afghanistan's Supreme Court on Sunday morning, police said, adding to a wave of assassinations in Kabul and other cities while government and Taliban representatives have been holding peace talks in Qatar.

An article circulating on social media claims that the Marine Corps ‘rebuked’ U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and told her ‘we don’t work for you’. This report is false.

This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Almost everything about the deadly insurrection at the Capitol last week will make President-elect Joe Biden’s hard j…

The number of U.S troops in Afghanistan has been reduced to 2,500, the lowest level of American forces there since 2001, the Pentagon said on Friday.

The number of U.S troops in Afghanistan has been reduced to 2,500, the lowest level of American forces there since 2001, the Pentagon said on Friday.

The number of U.S troops in Afghanistan has been reduced to 2,500, the lowest level of American forces there since 2001, the Pentagon said on Friday.

Summary List PlacementOne of two Virginia police officers arrested and charged in connection with last week's riots at the Capitol is a current member of the US military. Rocky Mount Police Officers Jacob Fracker and Thomas Robertson were charged in federal c…

A U.S. judge directed Saudi Arabia's government to make 24 current and former officials, including a former ambassador to the United States, available for questioning in litigation claiming it provided assistance for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, lawyers for vi…

Taiwan denounced China on Thursday over large-scale air and naval drills off its southwestern coast, calling them a serious provocation and a threat to international air traffic.

AI will face off against human pilots in real-world fighter aircraft by 2024, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper revealed on Wednesday. The Pentagon announced the plan a month after an AI system demolished an Air Force pilot in a virtual dogfight. An algorithm d…

U.S. President Donald Trump's push to crack down on illegal immigration and reshape legal immigration was at the heart of the Republican's winning 2016 campaign and has remained at the forefront of his White House agenda.

A swarm of Ghost 4s, controlled by a single person on the ground, can perform reconnaissance missions like searching for enemy weapons or soldiers.

U.S. President Donald Trump's push to crack down on illegal immigration and reshape legal immigration was at the heart of the Republican's winning 2016 campaign and has remained at the forefront of his White House agenda.

The U.S. continues to burn — literally, in some states — with over 188,000 Americans dead due to the coronavirus pandemic, the economy in absolute shambles, and protests against racial injustice still ongoing. Unfortunately, President Donald Trump appears det…

A day after President Donald Trump accused the U.S. military brass of wanting to fight wars to keep weapons makers happy, the Army's top general said on Tuesday leaders of the armed forces would recommend sending troops into combat only when it is in American…

'We take this very, very seriously in how we make our recommendations,' the general said, defending leaders accused of trying to satisfy defense firms.

President Donald Trump on Monday, while speaking in a White House news conference, suggested the nation's top Pentagon officials are beholden to weapons manufacturers.

President Donald Trump says Pentagon leaders want to keep waging wars in order to keep defense contractors “happy.”

After an internal investigation, the US Department of Defense (DoD) announced that is standing by its decision to award the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract to Microsoft and not Amazon. The probe was triggered after Amazon complained that the integri…

Starting at a corner, could you walk around the surface of this Platonic solid without crossing other corners? To get the answer, you need an 81-holed doughnut.

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday that President Donald Trump respects American troops and veterans after a magazine report said Trump had called fallen U.S. military personnel buried in Europe "losers" and declined to visit an American cemeter…

After an outcry from U.S. lawmakers, President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration would not be shutting down the Stars and Stripes military newspaper as announced by the Pentagon earlier this year.

The U.S. Defense Department said on Friday it has completed a comprehensive re-evaluation of its $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract proposals and determined that Microsoft Corp's submission still represents the best value for the government.

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RT @lindyli: Tommy Tuberville is blocking the Marines from having a leader for the 1st time in 164 YEARS Rand Paul is blocking ambassadors…

RT @MZHemingway: The McConnell/Thune approach here of doing the Biden Pentagon's bidding and back-channelling attacks on the pro-life senat…

RT @lindyli: Tommy Tuberville is blocking the Marines from having a leader for the 1st time in 164 YEARS Rand Paul is blocking ambassadors…

RT @lindyli: Tommy Tuberville is blocking the Marines from having a leader for the 1st time in 164 YEARS Rand Paul is blocking ambassadors…

Are u guys really that surprised Arkham is a bit sus? Perhaps it's a coincidence their logo is LITERALLY THE PENTAGON Would be a shame if... https://t.co/YrelSxQu12

RT @MZHemingway: The McConnell/Thune approach here of doing the Biden Pentagon's bidding and back-channelling attacks on the pro-life senat…

RT @lindyli: Tommy Tuberville is blocking the Marines from having a leader for the 1st time in 164 YEARS Rand Paul is blocking ambassadors…

RT @MZHemingway: The McConnell/Thune approach here of doing the Biden Pentagon's bidding and back-channelling attacks on the pro-life senat…

RT @OlgaBazova: Shroedinger's Pentagon can have a $6.2 bil accounting error that mysteriously goes to ukraine, fail audits with $2 tril una…

RT @Public_Citizen: A bill in Congress would set the Pentagon’s budget at $886 billion — a $28 BILLION increase from last year. But we’re…

RT @mmpadellan: For the first time in 160 years, the US Marine Corps is left without a confirmed commandant because Senator Tommy Tubervill…

RT @lindyli: Tommy Tuberville is blocking the Marines from having a leader for the 1st time in 164 YEARS Rand Paul is blocking ambassadors…

RT @KimDotcom: Pentagon: “The war has been a strategic failure for Ukraine.” Press: “You mean Russia?” Pentagon: “I’m sorry, excuse me, a…

RT @KimDotcom: Pentagon: “The war has been a strategic failure for Ukraine.” Press: “You mean Russia?” Pentagon: “I’m sorry, excuse me, a…

RT @KimDotcom: Pentagon: “The war has been a strategic failure for Ukraine.” Press: “You mean Russia?” Pentagon: “I’m sorry, excuse me, a…

RT @KimDotcom: Pentagon: “The war has been a strategic failure for Ukraine.” Press: “You mean Russia?” Pentagon: “I’m sorry, excuse me, a…

RT @antiracistsouth: “Standard policy states that in order for your film to receive any sort of military funding or equipment, it must firs…

RT @KimDotcom: Pentagon: “The war has been a strategic failure for Ukraine.” Press: “You mean Russia?” Pentagon: “I’m sorry, excuse me, a…

RT @KimDotcom: Pentagon: “The war has been a strategic failure for Ukraine.” Press: “You mean Russia?” Pentagon: “I’m sorry, excuse me, a…

RT @antiracistsouth: So @MarvelStudios films over 50% of their films at Trilith. Meanwhile, it’s increasingly clear that Marvel works close…

RT @KimDotcom: Pentagon: “The war has been a strategic failure for Ukraine.” Press: “You mean Russia?” Pentagon: “I’m sorry, excuse me, a…

RT @flowersinfilm: they hit the pentagon joe https://t.co/QmLkUseEfZ

RT @mkraju: U.S. Marine Corps without a confirmed head for first time in 160 years, and Pentagon says acting head will have to do two jobs.…

RT @mkraju: U.S. Marine Corps without a confirmed head for first time in 160 years, and Pentagon says acting head will have to do two jobs.…

RT @mmpadellan: For the first time in 160 years, the US Marine Corps is left without a confirmed commandant because Senator Tommy Tubervill…

RT @RepGallagher: The US lacks the missile capabilities necessary to deter & counter the CCP in the Indo-Pacific. In a new op-ed, Rep. Gal…

RT @mmpadellan: For the first time in 160 years, the US Marine Corps is left without a confirmed commandant because Senator Tommy Tubervill…

RT @LemUhuru: @KimDotcom Why is the press correcting the Pentagon instead of taking notes?

RT @mmpadellan: For the first time in 160 years, the US Marine Corps is left without a confirmed commandant because Senator Tommy Tubervill…

RT @KimDotcom: Pentagon: “The war has been a strategic failure for Ukraine.” Press: “You mean Russia?” Pentagon: “I’m sorry, excuse me, a…

RT @KimDotcom: Pentagon: “The war has been a strategic failure for Ukraine.” Press: “You mean Russia?” Pentagon: “I’m sorry, excuse me, a…

RT @OddswithGOP: Republicans! A lone Senate Republican is holding up hundreds of military promotions to protest the Pentagon’s abortion acc…

RT @mmpadellan: For the first time in 160 years, the US Marine Corps is left without a confirmed commandant because Senator Tommy Tubervill…

RT @KimDotcom: Pentagon: “The war has been a strategic failure for Ukraine.” Press: “You mean Russia?” Pentagon: “I’m sorry, excuse me, a…

RT @KimDotcom: Pentagon: “The war has been a strategic failure for Ukraine.” Press: “You mean Russia?” Pentagon: “I’m sorry, excuse me, a…

RT @NOELreports: "We won't say exactly when the cluster munitions will be delivered to Ukraine, but we usually start sending equipment 1-2…

RT @KimDotcom: Pentagon: “The war has been a strategic failure for Ukraine.” Press: “You mean Russia?” Pentagon: “I’m sorry, excuse me, a…

RT @KimDotcom: Pentagon: “The war has been a strategic failure for Ukraine.” Press: “You mean Russia?” Pentagon: “I’m sorry, excuse me, a…

RT @laraseligman: Commandant Gen. David Berger stepped down today without a permanent replacement in place due to @TTuberville's hold on mi…