The Pentagon awards $200 million contracts to Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI to develop AI systems for US defense and national security operations.

Hegseth raged at DOGE official who was accused of calling the police to the Pentagon, report says - Defense secretary allegedly questioned what gave the DOGE staffer the authority to evict someone fro

Secretary Hegseth cancels senior Defense participation at Aspen Security Forum, slamming it as promoting globalism, anti‑American views and hatred of the president.

For years, Republican and Democratic administrations have dispatched civilian Pentagon officials and military commanders to the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado.

The announcement comes just days after Grok generated antisemitic responses and praised Hitler, which were later deleted.

The U.S. Department of Defense plans to continue investing in critical minerals projects to ensure a diverse American supply of the building blocks for weapons and many electronics, a defense official told Reuters on Tuesday.

MP Materials secured investment as Donald Trump sought to counter China and take a new approach to national defence

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth angrily shouted at a representative from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency in a tense Pentagon confrontation, according to a report. During the showdown in early April,

U.S. military spending broke the $1 trillion mark, and my legislative proposal that rescinds the Big Beautiful Bill’s $156 billion in Pentagon spending and sends people $600 checks with the savings.