The Pentagon on Monday swore in Robert G. Salesses as the acting secretary of Defense while President Trump’s nominee Pete Hegseth awaits Senate confirmation. Salesses was sworn in just after ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday voted to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, to the floor. The 14-13 vote was strictly along party lines.

Ukraine is working on a homegrown air defense system to rival the US-made Patriot, according to the commander in chief of its army. The decision was spurred by the development of Russia's new ...

According to Christian Clark of The Athletic, the Dallas Mavericks could part with Daniel Gafford before the Feb. 6 trade deadline to help them upgrade some areas of weakness. Several teams can ...

Make no mistake, the optimism surrounding Year 2 of Jeff Hafley's defense in Green Bay is very real, and it stems from not just the Packers' improvement in one season, but also the youth that ...

Wicker said he wasn't concerned about Hegseth's relative inexperience compared with former Secretaries of Defense, most of whom had decades of experience in the military, Congress or the defense ...

As Chinese and Russian hypersonic missile programs zoom ahead, U.S. defenses are lagging. Advances in U.S. missile defense capabilities have been evident in the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.

DAVOS, Switzerland — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte admitted that U.S. President Donald Trump is being absolutely fair to demand that European allies spend more on defense. "He is right of course, ...

Education: Stanford University, BA in History and MA in Communications Daniel Wu is a reporter on The Washington Post's Morning Mix team. He joined The Post as an intern on the Metro desk in 2022 ...

I want to be the U.S. secretary of Defense. Don’t laugh, hear me out. The nominee for the secretary of Defense is Pete Hegseth, an Army National Guard veteran and a former TV host with a ...

There were question marks and discussions being held online and on TV leading up to the Bills' divisional round game against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday concerning how this defense would ...

Curious where every NFL team stacks up after the regular season, in terms of their overall defensive stats? Multiple rankings are available here. Check out all of the latest NFL news and analysis ...