Trump Has a New Favorite “Slush Fund”
David Norquist, the acting deputy secretary of defense, testifies before Congress on the Pentagon’s FY2019 budget request. Zach Gibson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Pentagon’s latest budget request contains all the usual line items one might expect from a fighting force that is reorienting and modernizing to compete with…
The Pentagon Wants Congress to Vote on the Border Emergency With Blinders On
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Several weeks after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border, the Pentagon still has not finalized a list of projects that will be sidelined to build his wall. Despite several requests from Congress, acting defense secretary Pat…
New Directive Says Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Will Officially Start Next Month
Martin H. Simon – Pool/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump’s long-expected ban on transgender service members will finally begin next month, the Pentagon announced late Tuesday night in a department memorandum. While the president’s initial tweet in July 2017 demanded transgender individuals not “serve in any…
Five Things a Democratic President Could Do By Declaring a National Emergency Over Climate Change
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over and over, President Donald Trump has done things no sitting president would dare do. In February, the country again entered new terrain when he declared a national emergency, effectively unlocking billions of dollars in emergency funding for his border wall.…
Trump Shifts the Conversation to Veterans After a Brutal Week
President Donald Trump signs an executive order establishing a national roadmap to prevent veteran suicides.Evan Vucci/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last week was not filled with positive moments for President Donald Trump. After leaving a failed diplomatic summit with North Korea and weathering harsh congressional testimony from his…
Navy Promised Changes After Deadly Accidents, but Many Within Remain Skeptical
On Aug. 21, 2017, the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) steers towards Changi Naval Base in Singapore after a collision. Navy and Marine Corps divers will enter flooded compartments on the ship to search for 10 missing sailors.Joshua Fulton/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story originally…