Pentagon

Confusion and finger-pointing continue between local and federal law enforcement agencies after Wednesday’s siege of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.

All 10 living former secretaries of defense have joined in cautioning against any attempt to use the military in the cause of overturning November’s presidential election

The U.S. House on Monday dealt a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s veto of the NDAA, the defense spending bill that was passed by Congress last week. The issue now goes to the Senate, which will need a two-thirds majority to override the president’s veto.

A new report on racial disparities in the Air Force concludes that Black service members in the service are far more likely to be investigated, arrested, face disciplinary actions, and be discharged for misconduct.

Department of Defense officials on Wednesday said they expect the doses to arrive as early as next week. They said they plan to administer shots within 20 to 48 hours from when the vaccine gets approval.

President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense, according to four people familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the Senate, Austin would be the first Black leader of the Pentagon.

President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to lead the Defense department. Here are five things to know about the former four-star officer.

A Trump loyalist who was recently appointed as Pentagon chief of staff is controlling the Biden transition’s team access to Pentagon officials, even blocking some career officials and experts from giving information about key defense issues to the transition team and telling political appointees to take the lead instead, say two current and two former U.S. officials. In some instances, the chief of...

The acting defense secretary says the period of U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq in the coming weeks is “fraught with risk,” Speaking at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Christopher C

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to take a historic step and select a woman to head the Pentagon for the first time

Abrupt changes in the Pentagon’s top leadership have raised fears about what President Donald Trump may try to do in his final two months of office

Three staunch loyalists to the president have been named to top defense jobs just a day after President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper

U.S. military, intelligence and law enforcement officials were briefed late last month on a threat against the Pentagon’s most senior leaders while they are on American soil, not just traveling overseas, according to five senior U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the matter.

A judge found an Arkansas man guilty of a federal arson charge for trying to blow up a car in the parking lot of the Pentagon. Matthew Richardson admitted he was trying to blow up a car and himself in February, federal authorities said. A Pentagon police officer found Richardson with a cigarette lighter and a cloth while attempting to…

An Arkansas man faces prison time for trying to blow up a car in the parking lot of the Pentagon. News4’s Scott MacFarlane first reported the case.

Nineteen years ago today, as people evacuated from the Pentagon after a plane crashed into it in a terror attack, a doctor working there that day stayed behind to help save lives. On Sept. 11, 2001, Dr. Veena Railan was at work as a medical officer at the Pentagon. “It was a very nice, regular morning for us,” she said….

On 9/11, Dr. Veena Railan was on duty as a medical officer at the Pentagon. She chose to stay inside and help treat the wounded as people were being ordered to leave. She tells her story for the first time publicly to News4’s Aimee Cho.

Arlington County is conducting its annual Sept. 11 ceremony as a virtual event

The nation’s remembrance ceremonies on the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks are altered due to the pandemic. News4’s Megan McGrath shares how the area will remember this day.

President Donald Trump has long been unhappy with Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and White House officials have talked to Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie about taking the top Pentagon job should Trump decide to fire Esper, three senior administration officials said.