Pentagon
Pentagon Celebrates Military Recruitment Reaching 15-Year High
The military reported its best recruitment numbers in more than 15 years in 2025, according to the Pentagon. “In 2025, the department exceeded our annual active-duty recruitment accession goals across all five services,”…
Trump’s calling fentanyl a ‘weapon of mass destruction’ won’t accomplish much
Although President Donald Trump frequently decries the threat that fentanyl poses to Americans, his comments reveal several misconceptions about the drug. He thinks Canada is an important source of illicit fentanyl, which it…
Pentagon ‘Escalating’ Mark Kelly Investigation
The Pentagon is plowing ahead in its investigation of Arizona Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly, who told service members they “can refuse illegal orders.” “The Office of the Secretary of War, in conjunction with the Department of…
House NDAA gives the military $8 billion more than it asked for
The House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2026, giving the military a record $900.6 billion—more than the $892.6 billion base defense budget that the Trump…
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon tells LifeSite that court’s ruling on military transgender ban ‘a huge victory’
Wed Dec 10, 2025 - 6:28 pm ESTWed Dec 10, 2025 - 8:19 pm EST (LifeSiteNews) — In a key victory for the Trump administration, a D.C. circuit panel issued an order on Tuesday dissolving the administrative stay on Secretary of…
Trump’s word games can’t disguise his murderous anti-drug strategy
I have a riddle for you. If we call a drug smuggler a combatant, how many combatants died when SEAL Team 6 killed 11 men on a cocaine boat near Venezuela on September 2? Zero, because calling a drug smuggler a combatant does…
Trump is still claiming he saves ‘25,000 American lives’ when he blows up a suspected drug boat
President Donald Trump was widely mocked for claiming "we save 25,000 American lives" every time the U.S. military blows up a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean or the eastern Pacific. Undeterred by the…
The Real Unconstitutionality? Undermining the Commander in Chief
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello. This is Victor Davis Hanson for…
Hegseth mulls releasing a video showing the brutality of Trump’s murderous anti-drug strategy
During a Cabinet meeting last Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invoked "the fog of war" while discussing the newly controversial September 2 attack that inaugurated President Donald Trump's deadly…
Top Democrats call for release of video showing U.S. military’s boat strike
What happened on September 2? Over the weekend, top Democrats called for the release of classified materials pertaining to the U.S. military's September 2 boat attack. "Democrats and Republicans have offered starkly…
