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This July 2020 photo provided by Johnson &amp; Johnson shows a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine in Belgium. The nation is poised to get a third vaccine against COVID-19, but health officials are concerned that at first glance the Johnson &amp; Johnson shot may not be seen as equal to other options from Pfizer and Moderna. (Johnson &amp; Johnson via AP) **FILE**

Johnson & Johnson one-shot coronavirus vaccine endorsed by FDA advisers

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the 500,000 Americans that died from COVID-19, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden revokes Trump orders on immigration, funding for ‘anarchist’ cities

By Dave Boyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania, Saturday Nov. 7, 2020, in Philadelphia. **FILE**

Researchers’ technical analysis shows no massive voting fraud in 2020 election

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this file photo, members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) **FILE**

DHS says military needed on southern border for at least 3 more years

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House invests $1.6 billion in virus testing, sequencing

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE— In this Nov. 8, 2019 file photograph, then Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden hands the pen to New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner, second from left, after filing to have his name listed on the New Hampshire primary ballot, in Concord, N.H. Gardner, the nation's longest serving secretary of state, is seeking a 23rd term in New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Sierra Club, ACLU calls on Biden to tear down border wall

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden salutes as he steps off Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Biden is returning to Washington after spending the weekend at his home in Delaware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Joe Biden to visit Pentagon amid force posture review, anti-extremism push

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden tours the COVID-19 vaccine center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, with Col. Andrew Barr, director of Walter Reed, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pentagon approves 1,000-troop deployment to support COVID-19 vaccine effort

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin listens as President Joe Biden speaks before singing an Executive Order reversing the Trump era ban on Transgender serving in military, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Lloyd Austin, Biden Pentagon chief,: Climate change front and center

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin listens as President Joe Biden speaks before signing an Executive Order reversing the Trump era ban on transgender individuals serving in military, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pentagon to purge advisory boards; last-minute Trump administration appointees to resign or be fired

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 17, 2019 file photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The U.S. is backing off for now on a plan to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to the 40 prisoners held at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Pentagon chief spokesman John Kirby said in a tweet Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021 that the Defense Department would be “pausing” the plan to give the vaccination to those held at Guantanamo while it reviews measures to protect troops who work there. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

US pauses plan to give virus vaccine to Guantanamo prisoners

Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Pentagon memo: Amazon court win, Trump deposition could doom $10 billion war cloud

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Pritzker sending 500 Illinois National Guard troops to D.C.

Associated Press

Former GSA administrator Emily Murphy is shown in this file photo. Her hesitancy to declare that Joseph R. Biden won the presidential election and hence authorize the beginning of the presidential transition process was widely criticized at the time. Ms. Murphy signed off of beginning the transition process on Nov. 23. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Chris Liddell, Trump transition expert: ‘90%-plus’ went about the job really well

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby declined to comment on a review to be released by the Pentagon that cites serious problems of U.S. nuclear capabilities. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

New START five-year extension in U.S. interests, John Kirby says

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A man looks through the first wall at Friendship Park, near where the border separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego meets the Pacific Ocean Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. In the days before Joe Biden became president, construction crews worked quickly to finish Donald Trump's wall at an iconic cross-border park overlooking the Pacific Ocean that then-first lady Pat Nixon inaugurated in 1971 as symbol of international friendship. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Biden halts border wall building after Trump’s final surge

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Illustration on DOD counterterrorism by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Pentagon must continue military support to CIA’s counterterrorism operations

By Abraham Wagner

The Marine Corps is on a path toward sweeping changes. Proposals to remake the Corps into a leaner, more efficient fighting force include giving up all of its tanks, dramatically remaking its artillery batteries and reducing the number of active-duty service members. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph)

Marine Corps embraces Gen. David Berger reforms due to budget declines

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, sit together on stage during the commissioning ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Saturday, July, 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Dick Cheney, other Pentagon ex-chiefs say time over for questioning election

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Paralympian Melissa Stockwell named to Olympic panel

Associated Press