The Pentagon

The media can smell blood in the water around President Trump. Finally, they feel like they can vanquish their most hated foe even if it is virtually his last day

Washington braced for a tense inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday, amid overwhelming security measures including over 25,000 National...

Joe Biden's pick for Pentagon chief, retired Gen. Lloyd J. Austin, needs a waiver from Congress; he hasn't been out of the Army long enough for the top civilian job.

A series of low-key confirmation hearings may reflect a shift in Washington's political atmosphere.

President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for defense secretary, retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, pledged on Tuesday that he will "uphold the principle of civilian control of the military" if confirmed to the post.

With Washington swarming with troops and his travel schedule derailed, the president-elect faces the same dilemma as that of 1861.

No speculation is needed. Those who wield power are demanding it. The only question is how much opposition they will encounter.

Washington has been on edge since the deadly insurrection at the Capitol, which has prompted extraordinary security measures ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration.

Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday.

Washington has been on edge since the deadly insurrection at the Capitol, which has prompted extraordinary security measures ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration.

Officials assure there is no evidence of any threats but screening comes as several participants in the Capitol riot were found to have military ties.

The president-elect is expected to deliver remarks before making the trip to Washington.

Five places to start undoing the Trump administration's damage and rebuilding U.S. leadership.

President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to lead the intelligence community, Avril Haines, promised Tuesday to "speak truth to power" and keep politics out of intelligence agencies to ensure their work is trusted.

President-elect Joe Biden's pick for Defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, is likely to face tough questions during his confirmation hearing Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee, as lawmakers weigh whether approving the nominee would do further damage to civilian control of the military and set a precedent of ignoring a law that keeps recently retired …

Officials in charge of planning the Biden inauguration asked in early December that troops deployed to keep D.C. safe for the event get vaccinated. That request was denied.

The Pentagon has deployed 750 specially trained members of the US military  — including bomb squads and trauma medics — to Washington, DC, amid security concern…

Interviews with four members of the U.S. Capitol Police who were overrun by rioters on Jan. 6 show just how quickly the command structure collapsed as throngs of people, egged on by President Donald Trump, set upon the Capitol.

Robin Wright comments that the Biden Administration will inherit not only a more polarized country but also a more complicated set of national-security and foreign-policy issues than the White House faced four years ago, when Biden was last in office.

The National Security Agency said Sunday it was installing Trump NSC staffer Michael Ellis as its general counsel, after acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller ordered NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone to place the Trump loyalist into the role.