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Why Congress Wants a Closer U.S.-Israel Defense Partnership

By: Robert Jimison
A proposal making its way through Congress would integrate the U.S. and Israeli defense and intelligence apparatuses more tightly. Some worry that it is a bad idea.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has engaged in a public campaign to appear less reliant on U.S. military aid as President Trump urges allies to contribute more meaningfully to their own defense.

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New Round of Trump Threats and Pullbacks Raises Uncertainty in Mideast

By: Katie Rogers
Analysts and lawmakers are trying to divine whether Mr. Trump’s latest announcement means negotiations with Iran will truly get underway Monday or if the president is just working through unappealing options.

President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One on Sunday. He said that talks with Iran would begin on Monday and that there could be a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About the Effect of the Iran War on Oil Prices, Munitions and More

By: Linda Qiu
The president misleadingly blamed the Biden administration’s weapons transfers to Ukraine for current concerns over munitions stockpiles, among other claims about the Iran war.

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attending a dignified transfer last month for Army soldiers killed while deployed to Jordan last month.

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New York Times Sues Pentagon for a Second Time

By: Erik Wemple
The Times is challenging a new requirement that reporters covering the military complex have an official escort, part of a broader legal challenge to the Pentagon’s press restrictions.

The lawsuit is the second one from The New York Times over the Defense Department’s restrictions on the press.

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Pentagon Can Temporarily Require Escorts for Journalists

By: Erik Wemple
An appeals panel ruled that the Defense Department can require escorts for reporters in the building while it fights an earlier decision that overturned many of the department’s press rules.

An aerial view of the Pentagon, the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense.

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Wild Ultimatums and ‘Bombing Our Little Hearts Out’: A Portrait of Trump at War

By: Erica L. Green
President Trump has vacillated between boasting about U.S. military superiority and deep frustration that his war of choice is not always having the desired effects.

The president’s allies have always said that his unpredictability is his superpower, and that it keeps his enemies guessing.

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How Talks Between Anthropic and the Defense Dept. Fell Apart

The Pentagon and Anthropic were close to agreeing on the use of artificial intelligence. But strong personalities, mutual dislike and a rival company unraveled a deal.

In January, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth published a memo calling on A.I. to be widely integrated across the military and for A.I. companies to offer their technology without restrictions.

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Oil Tanker Fleeing the Coast Guard Now Listed in Russian Ship Database

By: Christiaan Triebert and Nicholas Nehamas
The listing could make it more challenging for U.S. forces to board the ship, which an arm of the Kremlin’s maritime authority says is now flying the Russian flag.

A U.S. military helicopter flying over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted in the Caribbean Sea. American officials have suggested that they intend to seize another ship, Bella 1, which they are currently tracking.

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U.S. Kills 2 in Strike in Pacific, as Trump Pressures Venezuela

By: Eric Schmitt
The attack was the 30th announced by the U.S. military since early September. It came days after President Trump said the U.S. had struck a coastal site related to drugs and Venezuela.

The strike, conducted at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, had targeted a boat sailing along a “known narco-trafficking route” in the eastern Pacific.

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Venezuelan Navy Escorts Vessels in Defiance of Trump’s Blockade Threat

By: Edward Wong, Anatoly Kurmanaev and Eric Schmitt
Pentagon officials, surprised by President Trump’s orders, scrambled to work out a plan to halt sanctioned tankers as Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s leader, vowed resistance.

An oil tanker anchored near the Cardón Refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, in 2021.

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Pentagon Relaxes Press Access Rules

By: Erik Wemple
Under new guidelines, journalists will not need approval from the Defense Department before publishing articles containing information not officially released.

Pentagon reporters have had access to the building’s corridors for decades.

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Push for Military Coverage of I.V.F. Faces Challenge in Congress

By: Megan Mineiro and Caroline Kitchener
A proposal to expand the Defense Department’s health care plan to include in vitro fertilization is moving through Congress but could die behind closed doors, again.

Chandler, a military spouse, recently got pregnant through in vitro fertilization, but had to shoulder high out-of-pocket costs because it was not covered through the Defense Department’s insurance plan.

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What Women Heard in Hegseth’s Remarks About Physical Standards

By: John Ismay
The defense secretary raised the issue suggesting women were getting into combat not because they met high standards, but because they were given a pass.

A training event known as “the gauntlet” at the Citadel, the South Carolina military academy, in 2019.

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Trump Officials Unveil Budget Cuts to Aid for Health, Housing and Research

By: Tony Romm
The new blueprint shows that a vast array of education, health, housing and labor programs would be hit, including aid for college and cancer research.

President Trump’s budget proposes deep reductions for nearly ever major federal agency, reserving its steepest cuts for foreign aid, medical research, tax enforcement and a slew of anti-poverty programs.

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The Pentagon’s Culture Wars Strike West Point

A Jan. 29 order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led to canceled classes, book bans and an argument about American greatness.

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Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Draw Up Plans for Budget Cuts

By: Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
The defense secretary has told senior leaders to prepare to trim 8 percent from the budget over each of the next five years, officials said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border this month. He named military operations at the border as an exception to the proposed cuts.

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‘Presidents Enjoy Remarkable Freedom’: Three Legal Experts on Trump 2.0

By: Kate Shaw, David French and Jack Goldsmith
Opinion writers discuss potential legal issues and executive power in a second Trump term.

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How Did New Jersey Become Area 52?

By: Ginia Bellafante
No matter how many official voices declare there is no drone emergency, conspiracy theories continue to flourish. We’ve been here before.

Drone hunting at Island Beach State Park in Lanoka Harbor, N.J.

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Elon Musk and the Tech Billionaires Steering Trump’s Transition Team

The involvement of wealthy investors has made this presidential transition one of the most potentially conflict-ridden in modern history.

Elon Musk epitomizes a new generation of tech leaders who often have a right-wing ideology and favor fewer constraints on entrepreneurship.

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