Mattis: US Has to Work With Saudis for Peace in Yemen Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saudi help was vital to his efforts to jump-start peace talks on Yemen.
US Plans Changes to Exercise Foal Eagle with South Korea The Defense Department is changing up a major exercise it holds annually with South Korea, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said...
Lethal Force Not Part of White House Authorization for Border Troops, Mattis Says Defense Secretary Jim Mattis weighed in on a late-night memo from White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.
Senators Urge Pentagon to Send Border Troops Home for Thanksgiving Two Democratic senators are calling on Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to send the troops back to their homes for the holiday.
Defense Secretary Mattis Visits Military Troops Deployed to Border Mattis called the deployment legal and justified, and said it was necessary to make sure the U border was properly secure.
SecDef Mattis to Make First Visit to US Troops Stationed at Border Defense Secretary Jim Mattis plans to visit U.S. troops stationed on the southwest border on Wednesday.
How Mattis Made the Whole Military Obsessed with 'Lethality' The U.S. military has made lethality the lone benchmark under the leadership of Defense Secretary James Mattis.
Mattis' Push for Yemen Peace Talks This Month Has Failed, UN Says Saudi-led military operations are "increasingly confining populations and cutting off exit routes."
Space Force in Jeopardy After Democrats Gain Control of House The Democrats' takeover of the House poses major challenges to current Pentagon and VA plans and budgets.
Mattis Pushes for Negotiated Cease-Fire in Yemen's Civil War "We've got to replace combat with compromise," the defense secretary said.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...