White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered a very simple explanation for Friday's change in Pentagon personnel. Leavitt was asked during a Tuesday media briefing why President Donald Trump was “naming a replacement for [now-former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff] Gen.

Jim Mattis and four other former defense secretaries called President Donald Trump’s ouster of Gen. CQ Brown and other top officers dangerous and unjustified.

Pete Hegseth, secretary of defense and a 2025 Wash100 Award winner, has announced the intention of President Donald Trump to nominate retired Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In a press release published Friday, Hegseth also called for the nomination of key military positions.

Five former US defense ... of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Since taking office in late January for his second term, Trump has instigated rapid, broad cuts to US federal agencies. The Defense Department -- the largest employer in the United States -- said ...

Finance ministers and central bankers from the G20 top economies gather in South Africa on Wednesday and Thursday, for a meeting marred by the absence or curtailed attendance of key members and disputes over the main issues of climate, debt and inequality.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an interview on Sunday that Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. was “not the right man for the moment” and praised President Trump’s handling of the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump's choice last week to nominate Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine as his pick to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff marks uncharted territory for the military.