LawNews
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Monday evening that he is sending 700 active-duty Marines to Los Angeles “to restore order.” “We have an obligation… Read More
SocietyCommentary
On May 9, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sent a memorandum to the entire Department of Defense prohibiting the military service academies from using… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The U.S. Navy desperately needs help. Today, it maintains fewer than 300 ships—a staggering fall from the 1,200 it boasted at the end of World… Read More
SecurityNews
On Jan. 29, 2024, three American service members were killed and over 40 wounded when a drone exploded inside a U.S. base in Jordan. That… Read More
SecurityNews
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has reportedly ordered the U.S. Navy to rename a tanker vessel that had been christened the USNS Harvey Milk after… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
This week, the Department of Defense made an unprecedented move: They renamed a ship, originally christened the USNS Harvey Milk. According to Defense Secretary Pete… Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth promised to restore the “warfighting” ethos to the military and now warfighters are signing up in droves to… Read More
EnergyNews
American manufacturing has fallen victim to a “giant sucking sound,” according to an expert on energy and climate. There is a “a giant sucking… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Last month marked the 40th iteration of Operation Tradewinds, a multinational security exercise hosted by U.S. Southern Command in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and… Read More
SecurityNews
THE CENTER SQUARE—President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and others on Monday thanked those U.S. service members who died serving their country during a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
It’s a day Paul Monti would never forget. The day he got the news military parents dread: His 30-year-old son Jared was killed in the… Read More
Analysis
The threat to the United States from China is multifaceted, long-term, and aggressive. Whether it’s from military modernization to economic coercion, cyberwarfare to space competition,… Read More
SecurityNews
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina—On Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first trip to Fort Bragg since restoring the base’s name, he unveiled a plan in step with… Read More
SocietyCommentary
On Memorial Day, we honor the Americans who have died protecting and serving this country in the Armed Forces of the United States of America…. Read More
EducationCommentary
“Merit” is making a comeback in higher education. Next stop: U.S. service academies. College officials around the country—including those at some of the most selective… Read More
SocietyCommentary
FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia—Steve Hotz started Black Horse Forge, a nonprofit organization that provides support for veterans, active-duty military personnel, and first responders through the ancient art… Read More
PoliticsNews
Troops chanted “U.S.A.” at the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East as President Donald Trump took the podium before them on Thursday. … Read More
SecurityNews
Days after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Pentagon’s ban on transgender-identifying service members, the Department of Defense will immediately begin moving as… Read More
SecurityCommentary
CARLISLE, Pennsylvania—Maj. Gen. David Hill was standing a few feet from where the Black Hawk helicopter en route from the Defense Department would soon be… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Before freshman Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., came to Washington in January, no one seemed to notice that a Chinese Communist Party-linked company had stores that… Read More
PoliticsNews
In the latest shake-up under Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a number of policy advisers from previous administrations have been ousted from the Pentagon. The… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Last week, America’s largest military shipbuilder signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, the global leader in shipbuilding with a roughly… Read More
SecurityNews
Given the regular flow of dollars out of the country and into foreign economies, it bears mentioning that one ally has, in fact, extended financial… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Sen. Tom Cotton’s new book, “Seven Things You Can’t Say About China,” asks the reader to give renewed focus on perhaps America’s greatest nemesis—the People’s Republic… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Since the election of President Donald Trump, Europeans have been vocal in their criticism of nearly every U.S. policy issue, often professing that “transatlantic relations… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Germany has activated its first permanent foreign troop deployment since World War II, establishing a 5,000-strong armored brigade in Lithuania. This decision follows Defense Minister… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Not long ago, the United States was an uncontested superpower. Nor was it that long ago that the United States fielded a military that was… Read More
EducationNews
WASHINGTON—Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Jim Banks, R-Ind., introduced the Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act on April 1, a bill aimed at giving… Read More
SecurityCommentary
For the past four years, the very foundations of America have been shaken. Formerly a nation with “liberty and justice for all,” the United States… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In the days around the U.S. presidential election, dozens of People’s Liberation Army warplanes cruised through Taiwanese airspace. Such behavior is a microcosm of China’s… Read More
