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WASHINGTON—A senior Defense Department official who attended last year’s NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, had symptoms similar to those reported by U.S. officials who have experienced “Havana syndrome,” the Pentagon confirmed Monday. Havana syndrome is still under investigation but includes a string of health problems dating back to 2016, when officials working at the U.S. […]

Israel and the United States have a “moral imperative” and a “shared strategic interest” in protecting Palestinian civilians amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on March 26. Mr. Austin made the comments during a meeting at the Pentagon with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, where they explored a […]

Loretta Lynch, an Obama-era attorney general allegedly tried to get her client, a Chinese military company, removed from the Pentagon’s blacklist.   A report from Reuters said last July, Ms. Lynch reportedly asked the assistant secretary of defense to remove DJI from the Pentagon’s blacklist. She used to run the Justice Department from 2015 to 2017. […]

As political turmoil and chaos continue in Haiti, the Pentagon announced on Thursday that it is keeping the U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prince open while enhancing security there. On Sunday, the U.S. military said it had flown in forces to beef up protection for its diplomats and allow nonessential personnel to leave. The neighborhood around the […]

Pentagon press secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a briefing in Washington D.C., at 2:30 p.m. ET on March 12.

Multiple defense agencies will analyze the debris of an unidentified high-altitude balloon recovered in waters near Alaska, according to the Pentagon. Last week, fishermen found the debris off the coast of Alaska after it flew over the western continental United States. Pentagon spokesperson Sue Gough said defense officials would not yet characterize it as a […]

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) on Tuesday urged the U.S. Department of Defense to “move quickly” to help the Philippines counter China’s ongoing “aggressive behavior” in the disputed South China Sea. This comes after the recent standoff between Philippine and Chinese ships in Second Thomas Shoal, during which Chinese ships fired water cannons at a Philippine […]

Jack Teixeira, the former Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking top-secret Pentagon documents, is expected to plead guilty in a Boston court next week, according to newly filed court papers. Federal prosecutors asked the judge to schedule a Rule 11 hearing—a proceeding where plea changes are discussed—court papers (pdf) show. The hearing is […]

The decision to transfer Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s authorities to his second-in-command in January was made by military aides and not the secretary himself, Mr. Austin testified at a congressional hearing on Thursday. Mr. Austin’s authorities were transferred to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks as he was transferred into critical care for a […]

The U.S. Marine Corps just completed its first successful audit, making it the first U.S. military branch to successfully account for its assets. On Friday, the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Defense (DOD) announced the Marine Corps earned an “unmodified opinion,” meaning the service had provided auditors with sufficient and appropriate […]

Pentagon press secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a briefing in Washington, D.C., at 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 26.

Pentagon Deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh conducts the briefing in Arlington, Virginia, at 2:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 20.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was discharged from critical care and returned to his home on Feb. 13, according to the Pentagon. Doctors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center said the defense secretary responded positively to nonsurgical procedures conducted on Feb. 12. Mr. Austin remained in “good condition” throughout his hospitalization and no longer […]

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin remains in the hospital following an emergency procedure related to his bladder, the Pentagon has said. Mr. Austin is expected to virtually attend a NATO defense ministerial and meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group later in the week, though it is not yet clear whether he will do so from home […]

A new report claims that the Pentagon is ‘stealthily’ pushing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into K-12 schools despite public pressure. NTD spoke with Adam Andrzejewski, founder of Open The Books, whose organization investigated the matter.   

Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a briefing at 2:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 12.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who was readmitted to hospital on Sunday afternoon, has been transferred to a critical care unit, according to an update from the Pentagon on Feb. 11. Officials at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center said in a statement that Mr. Austin, who had earlier been admitted to the hospital […]