Helene Cooper, Pentagon Correspondent at the New York Times joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took questions from reporters after a meeting with Saudi Defense Minister Khalid Bin Salman.

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Last week, the Department of Government Efficiency demanded the Defense Department make lists of employees, including ...

He fired qualified military leaders and hired lesser men who are loyal to him. If you’re wondering where all of this is going: Prepare for autocracy.

President Donald Trump began the weekend by firing top military leaders including Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chair of the ...

But the laws and the Constitution of the United States were crafted to prohibit Napoleon’s form of authoritarian leadership. A key principle is that we are a government of the people with three ...

The Supreme Court stands on the horns of a dilemma. If the court rules against the administration, it risks President Trump’s ignoring its decision and thereby obviates the court’s authority and ...

In a dramatic Friday night purge, President Donald Trump took decisive action to avoid a repeat of his first term when he ...

Nothing about this is unprecedented,” Hegseth told Fox on Sunday. “The president deserves to pick his key national security advisory team.” ...

Trump’s purge started with his firing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief ...

President Trump has picked retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine to serve as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. NBC News' Courtney Kube has details on Trump and Caine's past and the ...