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The Pentagon announced the Department of Defense will provide military airlift support to support the DHS in deporting detained illegal aliens. The United States Air Force will supply four aircraft to remove up to 5,000 aliens currently being detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Democrats are likely to delay the confirmation of Pete Hegseth until after Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, leaving the Pentagon without a confirmed leader, according to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker.

CNN political commentator Scott Jennings said Tuesday on the network’s special coverage of the U.S. Senate’s cabinet confirmation hearings that President-elect Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth kicked Democrats’ asses during his questioning.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) stuck her foot in her mouth while trying to attack Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth during his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday.

Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth will appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, telling senators that he will be a “change agent” at the Pentagon unlike previous defense secretaries.

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said on Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, was so “unqualified” that it is almost a “joke.”

Lockheed Martin’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Shelly O’Neill Stoneman is under fire from the Trump transition and House Armed Services Committee after Republicans exposed her political opinions as woke and incompatible with the incoming Trump administration.

Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face theNation” that President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, “just does not seem to have the qualifications” for the appointment.

Hundreds of Marines and ten Navy helicopters stand ready, but California has not requested help from the Pentagon to fight the raging fires in Los Angeles, according to a Pentagon spokesperson on Friday.

Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) on Thursday revealed that Democrats are trying to delay Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, scheduled for Tuesday.

The Pentagon on Thursday admitted that there are actually 2,000 American troops in Syria, not the 900 it previously said were in the country.

The Pentagon’s annual Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China report, released on Wednesday, found that China is making progress toward its goal of military modernization despite persistent corruption problems.

Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth’s Senate confirmation hearing is scheduled for the second week of January, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee told CNN.

The winners of this year’s Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute “Peace Through Strength Award” are none other than Biden administration Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Mayra Guillén, the younger sister of Army solider Vanessa Guillén — whose death brought attention to and galvanized the military’s handling of sexual assault cases — has come out in support of President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.

Just one week ago, Trump Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s confirmation appeared doomed after a barrage of hit pieces. However, after launching an intense campaign to defend himself, he now appears to be on a path towards confirmation.

Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth said in an interview Monday that President-elect Donald Trump’s top priority for the Pentagon is to return the military to warfighters.

The Department of Defense (DOD) has announced another nearly $1 billion in a new “assistance package” for Ukraine, bringing the total military aid provided by the U.S. to more than $62 billion since Russia’s February 2022 invasion.

More than 100 Navy SEAL veterans are set to march in Washington, DC, in support of Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s confirmation, friend and show host Alec Lace told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview.

President-elect Donald Trump and his inner circle closed ranks around Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth on Friday, signaling they are behind him 100 percent despite a concerted smear campaign based on anonymous sources.

Vice President-Elect JD Vance on Friday reiterated his and President-Elect Donald Trump’s support for Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth, who has been besieged by a relentless smear campaign.

Incoming National Security Adviser Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) said Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump is “absolutely” standing by Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.

Pete Hegseth is “the kind of guy we need leading the Department of Defense,” Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, contrasting him with President Biden’s Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, “who thinks the biggest threat to national security is climate change.”

Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth on Thursday said before his meetings on Capitol Hill with senators he spoke to President-elect Donald Trump who reiterated his support for him.

Trump Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth is shoring up support from Republican senators amid a concerted smear campaign against him based on years-old allegations from anonymous sources funneled through establishment media outlets.

President-elect Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth is fighting back against a seemingly coordinated media attack driven by anonymous smears in an attempt to take down his nomination to lead the government’s largest agency.

British media personality Piers Morgan slammed the “relentless onslaught” against Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth as “pathetic.”

A group of Republican senators who will be responsible for confirming Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth expressed confidence in him after meeting with him on Monday.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) admitted that Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk was “right” about cutting government spending, referencing the Department of Defense’s budget and how it had “failed its 7th audit.”

Trump Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth’s mother apologized to her son immediately after sending him an emotional email in 2018 accusing him of mistreating his ex-wife in the midst of their difficult divorce, according to an email viewed Saturday by Breitbart News.

New York Times reporter Sharon LaFraniere on Friday published a hit piece on President-Elect Donald Trump’s Pentagon Chief nominee Pete Hegseth based on an emotional private email his mother sent him that she told him afterwards she did not mean and regretted sending.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) reacted to a report that President-Elect Donald Trump is considering financiers for top positions within the Department of Defense by stating that the

On Monday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that he believes there can be bipartisan support in Congress if the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) says “there needs to be more open competition, not the monopolization in defense contractors,

A community of military veterans who fought against initiatives from the Biden administration they deemed unconstitutional have put together a list of 18 names they would like to see appointed to positions in the incoming Trump administration to help President-elect Donald Trump implement reform in the Pentagon or other agencies.

The Trump transition team shot down a report from a British newspaper claiming that President-elect Donald Trump is planning an executive order that would remove all transgender troops from the military and prevent transgender people from joining the military.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) recently sent a stern message to the outgoing Biden-Harris Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin to stop trying to undermine the incoming Trump administration.