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News Articles: Department of Defense

The Pentagon is seen from an airplane, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in Washington.

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  • Technology

OpenAI announces Pentagon deal after Trump bans Anthropic

Shortly after the president's ban of artificial intelligence company Anthropic, rival OpenAI announced it had done a deal with the Defense Department to provide its technology for classified networks.

February 28, 2026
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By:
  • Shannon Bond and
  • Geoff Brumfiel
Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026.

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  • Technology

Deadline looms as Anthropic rejects Pentagon demands it remove AI safeguards

The Defense Department has been feuding with Anthropic over military uses of its artificial intelligence tools. At stake are hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts and access to some of the most advanced AI on the planet.

February 26, 2026
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Shannon Bond
A 2011 file photo of the Pentagon, the headquarters of the Department of Defense.

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  • Technology

Hegseth threatens to blacklist Anthropic over 'woke AI' concerns

The company's Claude chatbot is one of the few AI systems cleared for use in classified settings. But a standoff between Anthropic and the Trump administration is putting its government work at risk.

February 24, 2026
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
People stand in line at check-in counters at El Paso International Airport, Wednesday. The Federal Aviation Administration closed the airspace around the area for a few hours.

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  • National

El Paso airspace closure due to use of U.S. military anti-drone technology

The Federal Aviation Administration abruptly closed the airspace around El Paso, only to reopen it hours later. The bizarre episode pointed to a lack of coordination between the FAA and the Pentagon.

February 11, 2026
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By:
  • Joel Rose and
  • Tom Bowman
FILE - Merit badges and a rainbow-colored neckerchief slider are affixed on a Boy Scout uniform. The U.S. organization, which now welcomes girls into the program and allows them to work toward the coveted Eagle Scout rank, announced May 7, 2024, that it would change its name to Scouting America as it focuses on inclusion.

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  • Investigations

U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'

Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.

November 26, 2025
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By:
  • Graham Smith and
  • Tom Bowman
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, in Quantico, Va. In an unprecedented gathering, almost 800 generals, admirals and their senior enlisted leaders have been ordered into one location from around the world on short notice.

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  • Politics

Hegseth orders troops to watch his speech decrying a 'woke' military

During the speech last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lectured senior military officials on the "warrior ethos," focusing on fitness and grooming standards, and calling out "fat generals."

October 15, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Bowman
Mounted members of the military ride horses as the presidential inaugural parade winds through the nation's capital January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term as President of the United States.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Farewell, equid program

The U.S. Army announced that 141 of its 236 horses, donkeys, and mules will be put up for adoption, in a move it says will save about $2 million dollars.

July 19, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Hurricane Erick hit Oaxaca, Mexico, in June. Hurricane forecasters used data collected by Department of Defense satellites to monitor the storm as it intensified more rapidly than computer models had suggested it would. Such DoD data will no longer be shared with forecasters.

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  • Climate

Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data

Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.

July 01, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
In 1970, President Richard Nixon awarded the Medal of Honor to then-Lt. Col. Charles C. Rogers, for his courage and leadership in defeating repeated attacks in southern Vietnam. A Defense Department web page honoring Rogers was briefly taken down.

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  • National

Pentagon website removes, then restores, page honoring Black Medal of Honor recipient

Charles C. Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon in 1970. But a profile of the Vietnam War veteran was caught in an "auto removal process," the Defense Department says.

March 17, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Army base that has been called Fort Liberty since 2023 will revert to its original name, Fort Bragg.

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  • National

Fort Bragg 2.0: Army base reverts to its old name, but with a new namesake

A U.S. Army base originally named after a Confederate general, then renamed Fort Liberty, will revert to the name Fort Bragg. Its new namesake is WWII hero Roland Bragg — unbeknownst to his family.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Pete Hegseth, President Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, speaks during a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Jan. 14.

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  • Politics

Pete Hegseth, Trump's embattled pick for defense secretary, wins Senate confirmation

Vice President J.D. Vance cast a tie-breaking vote as Hegseth overcame allegations of sexual assault, public drunkenness and questions of financial mismanagement to win Senate approval.

January 25, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Bowman
Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (shown here at NATO headquarters in Brussels in 2015) explains the challenges that President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense will inherit.

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  • National Security

Is Trump pick Pete Hegseth ready to run Defense? A former defense secretary weighs in

Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel says "a lack of any government experience is an issue" when leading the largest institution in the world.

November 20, 2024
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Connor Donevan,
  • and 1 more
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon on Jan. 28, 2022.

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  • Law

Sexual assault cases are formally removed from the U.S. military chain of command

The investigation and prosecution of major criminal offenses now shifts to independent prosecutors in a bid to strengthen the accountability of the military justice system.

December 28, 2023
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By:
  • Natalie Schachar
Frederick Moorefield Jr., deputy chief information officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, was charged last month with dogfighting. If convicted, he could face up to five years in a federal prison.

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  • Law

A Department of Defense official faces up to 5 years in prison in dogfighting case

Frederick Moorefield Jr., a deputy chief information officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, allegedly used an encrypted messaging app to discuss dogfighting with people across the U.S.

October 03, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
The Department of Defense logo is seen on the desk ahead of the press conference on Jan. 14, 2020.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Senators demand answers from Dept. of Defense after reports of JROTC instructor abuse

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand are questioning the Departments of Education and Defense after a New York Times investigation showed reports of sexual misconduct among JROTC instructors.

September 22, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
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