Pentagon, Frustrated Congress
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New lawsuit presses Pentagon, State Dept to disclose legal justification for Venezuelan boat strikes
The Trump administration has been sued over strikes on drug boats, as an advocacy groups seek the release of a memo containing the legal justification.
This buildup puts “additional pressure on Maduro to surrender and do what Trump wants him to do, which is to go to Turkey, leave the country,” Bannon added. “Because I think the negotiations are kind of down to that—where this guy ends up [and] most of the stuff there now is for pressure.”
The lawsuit, set to be filed in federal court in Washington, DC, names the Defense Department, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the chief Pentagon spokesman, Sean Parnell, as defendants.
Federal appeals court allows Pentagon to enforce President Donald Trump's transgender military ban while legal challenge continues in "a great win" for the administration.
The Times accuses Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth of violating its constitutional rights with a press policy that, the paper says, deprives the public of access to critical national security information.
Pentagon chief technology officer Emil Michael would like to see "five more Andurils and Palantirs and SpaceXs" flourish, he told reporters Monday. Why it matters: His remarks reflect the growing momentum of neo-prime contractors,
Congress limits Pentagon's ability to reduce troops in Europe below 76,000 and South Korea below 28,500 in new defense bill, easing allied concerns.
Lawmakers added a provision to key defense legislation that, if included in the final version, would prevent the Pentagon from reducing the military‘s presence in Europe below a specific threshold. The inclusion of this provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026,