Daily on Defense: 67 feared dead in midair collision, Hegseth says Gitmo will be waystation, Esper portrait removed, RFK Jr. and Gabbard back on the Hill today, ...

A number of bodies are reported to have been recovered, but there is no official update on the number of people who have died.

A passenger aircraft crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, after it collided midair with a helicopter as it approached the runway, according to the ...

Takeoffs and landings are halted at Washington DC's Ronald Reagan National Airport as emergency services respond.

Early in his first administration, President Trump noted the general’s “brilliance and fortitude.” And then the president got ...

President Donald Trump ordered construction of a deportee detention camp with room for 30,000 migrants on the U.S. naval base ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is removing the security detail for former top US military officer Mark Milley -- a foe of ...

President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and ...

There will be a lot on the plate for new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth when he steps into his office on the Pentagon’s third ...

A flurry of military-focused executive orders from the White House on Monday meant newly-confirmed Defense Secretary Pete ...

The bulk of deployed troops come from the Army, primarily military police, to enhance surveillance efforts and act as a deterrent to illegal crossings along the border with Mexico.