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Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., right, next to Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, speaks about the threat of default during a news conference, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House progressives trash Biden’s cluster bomb deal for Ukraine

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Activists and international delegations stand next to cluster bomb units, during a visit to a Lebanese military base at the opening of the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, in the southern town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, Sept. 12, 2011. The Biden administration has decided to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine and is expected to announce on Friday, July 6, 2023, that the Pentagon will send thousands as part of the latest military aid package for the war effort against Russia, according to people familiar with the decision. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)

U.S. will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package: AP sources

By Nomaan Merchant, Lolita C. Baldor and Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

Members of the Wagner Group military company guard an area as other load their tank onto a truck on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area at the headquarters of the Southern Military District. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Yevgeny Prigozhin's troops who joined him in the uprising will not face prosecution and those who did not will be offered contracts by the Defense Ministry. After the deal was reached Saturday, Prigozhin ordered his troops to halt their march on Moscow and retreat to field camps in Ukraine, where they have been fighting alongside Russian troops. (Vasily Deryugin, Kommersant Publishing House via AP)

An unsettled Russia as Prigozhin finds refuge in Belarus

By David R. Sands and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, in Waco, Texas, on March 25, 2023, while en route to West Palm Beach, Fla. An audio recording that includes new details from a 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey, where former President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify has been released. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump says Bedminster audio was leaked to hurt 2024 bid

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer shells lie on the ground to fire at Russian positions in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region June 18, 2022. U.S. officials say the Pentagon will announce it is sending up to $500 million in military aid to Ukraine, including more than 50 heavily armored vehicles and an infusion of missiles for air defense systems. The aid comes as Ukrainian and Western leaders try to sort out the impact of the brief weekend revolt against the Russian military. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

U.S. to send $500 million in weapons, military aid to Ukraine, officials say

By Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

A Ukrainian self propelled artillery of 30th brigade fires towards Russian position in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Pentagon accounting error provides extra $6.2 billion for Ukraine military aid

By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp - Associated Press

Daniel Ellsberg, co-defendant in the Pentagon Papers case, talks to media outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles, April 28, 1973. Ellsberg, the government analyst and whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, died Friday, June 16, 2023, according to a letter from his family released by a spokeswoman, Julia Pacetti. He was 92. (AP Photo/Wally Fong) **FILE**

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press

Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt is sworn into the U.S. Space Force at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Closely monitoring the event are a pair of Storm Troopers, the ruthless infantry soldiers of the Empire along with a member of the dreaded Red Guard, Emperor Palpatine's personal security detail. (Courtesy of the Department of Defense) **FILE**

Space Force general shows ‘Pentagon Pride’ by blasting states for being anti-LGBTQ

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A drag queen collects tips during a show to set a Guinness World record for the largest drag brunch at Brooklyn Bowl in New York on Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki).

House GOP uses policy, spending bills to target ‘woke’ Pentagon

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, May 16, 2023. Hopes were dashed Monday, June 12, for an imminent end to a Senate standoff that has delayed the promotions of more than 200 military officers and could delay the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s pick for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Tuberville has been blocking the nominations to pressure the Defense Department to rescind a policy that reimburses service members who have to travel out of state for abortions and other reproductive care. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Proposal to end Senate standoff over military promotions and abortion policy goes nowhere

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

In this video grab provided by RU-RTR Russian television via AP television on Thursday, March 1, 2018, a computer simulation shows the Avangard hypersonic vehicle maneuvering to bypass missile defenses en route to the target. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that he wouldn't hesitate to use nuclear weapons to ward off Ukraine's attempt to reclaim control of its occupied regions that Moscow is about to absorb. (RU-RTR Russian Television via AP, File)

Hypersonic or just overhyped? Amid Russian failures, U.S. doubles down on super-fast missiles

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Pentagon spokesman U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder arrives for a media briefing at the Pentagon, Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

U.S. announces new $2.1 billion package of military aid to Ukraine

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Defense Department spokesman Sabrina Singh speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, May 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Biden administration cancels drag shows on military bases after Republican criticism

By Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

Chinese Defence Minister Gen. Li Shangfu arrives to attend the defence ministers meeting for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

China’s defense chief turns down meeting with Austin during forum in Singapore

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Politicized Pentagon Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Standing up on abortion to most politicized Pentagon in American history

By Sen. Tommy Tuberville

National Guard members take a staircase toward the U.S. Capitol building before a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden's Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Jan. 18, 2021. Soldiers are leaving the Army National Guard at a faster rate than they are enlisting, fueling concerns that in the coming years units around the country may not meet military requirements for overseas and other deployments. Officials say the number of soldiers retiring or leaving the Guard each month in the past year has exceeded those coming in, for a total annual loss of about 7,500 service members. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

RAND study finds ‘no evidence’ military veterans lean toward extremism

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, Capt. Ryan Vickers stands for a photo to display his new service tapes after taking his oath of office to transfer from the U.S. Air Force to the U.S. Space Force at Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. Space Force, the first new U.S. military service since the creation of the Air Force in 1947, now has some 20 members stationed at Qatar's Al-Udeid Air Base in its first foreign deployment. (Staff Sgt. Kayla White/U.S. Air Force via AP) ** FILE **

Frustrations brewing as Biden drags feet on Space Command basing decision

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this image released by the U.S. Department of Defense, German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1, fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece, on Nov. 8, 2017. Patriot missile systems have long been a hot ticket item for the U.S. and allies in contested areas of the world as a coveted shield against incoming missiles. In Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific, they guard against potential strikes from Iran, Somalia and North Korea. So it was a critical turning point when news broke this week that the U.S. has agreed to send a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine. (Sebastian Apel/U.S. Department of Defense, via AP, File)

U.S.-built Patriot air defense system back in action in Kyiv after Russian hypersonic missile strike

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

People pass by a TV screen showing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 7, 2023. The leaders of South Korea and Japan met Sunday for their second summit in less than two months, as they push to mend long-running historical grievances and boost ties in the face of North Korea's nuclear program and other regional challenges. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

G-7 summit spotlights Japan’s growing role as strategic link for East Asia security

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.)

Key GOP lawmaker targets ‘woke’ policies at Pentagon, service academies

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times