Republicans were adamant in 2017 that Trump’s national security team be ready to go on ‘day one.’ For Biden? Not so much.

‘Nobody does these things with more politicization than Trump,’ said an expert on the federal bureaucracy.

Supermajorities in the House and Senate voted to pass the annual defense authorization, despite Trump’s veto threats.

Mitch McConnell plans to bring up for a vote in the Senate a defense authorization bill that Donald Trump has vowed to veto.

Democrats say the timing of the announcement is questionable.

Multiple officials have left the Trump administration in what appears to be a post-election purge — with more exits likely to come.

The plan runs counter to Trump’s previous view that troop withdrawals be based on conditions on the ground, not a date on the calendar.

The Defense Department is one of three Cabinet agencies that have never been led by a woman.

The Biden transition team includes a lot of experienced, and out, LGBTQ staffers.

Congress originally approved the money to shore up medical supplies, including face masks and testing swabs.

Democrats say the Department of Defense’s new policy excluding the display of Pride flags on military installations should be changed.

Trump spent Monday morning retweeting Republicans’ support for a bill that would include the renaming of bases honoring Confederate traitors.

The Defense Department officials are scheduled to appear before the House Armed Services Committee.

The Marine Corps has already banned the display of Confederate symbols on its installations.

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley attempted to remove the name-change requirement from the National Defense Authorization Act, but was blocked by his own party.

The Defense Department is reverting to existing regulations on recruiting people who have had an infectious disease.

As Donald Trump pushes for states to reopen by May 1, his Defense Department just extended troop travel limitations until the end of June.

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly submitted his resignation on Tuesday after calling an ousted captain ‘stupid.’

Pentagon leaders earned a bipartisan rebuke from House lawmakers, who warned that taking money from the Defense budget to pay for Trump’s wall could have unintended consequences.

Republican Rep. Mac Thornberry says Trump’s raids on Pentagon appropriations are unconstitutional even though he voted to let Trump do it before.

After ignoring his military advisers to pardon three service members, Trump now reportedly wants those service members to help get him reelected.

Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher was previously acquitted of stabbing a young ISIS captive to death but convicted of posing with the corpse.

Richard V. Spencer was forced out as Navy secretary after Trump overruled the military justice system to pardon a sailor accused of war crimes.

After pardoning Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, Donald Trump again overruled his military leadership to restore him to his elite position.

Senate Democrats are not actually blocking a 3.1% pay raise for the military.

Pentagon officials also told the White House that Trump’s decision could permanently block the funds from ever getting to Ukraine.

Two career Department of Defense employees were disciplined for violating the Hatch Act, in stark contrast to political advisers in the White House.

The man who said he ‘would have been a good general’ has lost the respect of those who actually earned the title.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper is retreating from a previous pledge to cooperate with the House impeachment inquiry into the Trump Ukraine scandal.

The House followed the Senate’s lead, passing a resolution to terminate Trump’s national emergency on Friday. But the vast majority of Republicans sided with Trump.