Army’s 250th anniversary parade in D.C. will halt flights at National Airport during tank-filled celebration on Trump’s birthday.
Trump puts 22-year-old college graduate with no national security experience in charge of government’s main terrorism prevention office overseeing $18 million in anti-extremism grants.
Army leaders defend $45 million parade for service’s 250th birthday as House Armed Services Committee questions spending money on pageantry while cutting $1 billion from base housing and barracks plagued by mold and sewage.
FBI raids Wash. state home after assault at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, discovering cache of 35 firearms including machine gun and grenade launchers alongside Nazi paraphernalia.
Hegseth becomes first defense secretary in three years to skip Ukraine aid coordination meeting at NATO headquarters, marking Trump administration’s retreat from leading Western military support.
Hegseth orders Navy to strip gay rights icon Harvey Milk’s name from ship during Pride month, announcing the renaming aboard USS Constitution to “reestablish warrior culture.”
Trump budget eliminates DHS weapons of mass destruction office and cuts over 4,500 homeland security jobs including 1,000+ cybersecurity positions as 2026 World Cup approaches.
Pentagon shifts Greenland from European to Northern Command, which oversees North America, as Trump continues pushing to annex the Danish territory despite NATO opposition.
Defense Secretary Hegseth demands Australia increase defense spending by $40 billion annually to 3.5% of GDP “as soon as possible” amid deepening U.S.-China tensions and Trump’s tariff threats on Australian steel.
Veterans organize D-Day rally to protest Trump administration plans to cut 83,000 VA jobs and eliminate hundreds of community service contracts.
