The US President deftly paved the way for this diplomatic showdown last week when he removed a key stumbling block to such a ...

National missile defense is still impossible—and expensive.

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Donald Trump's conquering of the country is complete. The blows he's inflicted on American democracy will take a lifetime to heal.

Donald Trump’s conquering of the country is complete. The blows he’s inflicted on American democracy will take a lifetime to ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of polygraph tests to search for people leaking information to the news media was stopped at the direction of the White House after a senior adviser to ...

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Pentagon ends lie detector sweep as Hegseth faces leak probe Pete Hegseth launched a leak crackdown. Then came Signal messages, resignations, and a quiet White House reversal ...

Suspicions about leaks and a mistrust of senior military officers have defined much of the defense secretary’s first six months on the job. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fostered an ...

Pete Hegseth moves to speed up defense tech amid lessons from Ukraine.