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The federal workers union came out swinging Thursday against a Republican proposal to reduce the size of the Pentagon’s civilian workforce.

Fly-bys ‘revealed that the high-altitude balloon was capable of conducting signals intelligence collection operations,’ State Department says

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department and Microsoft Corp. are investigating an error that exposed at least a terabyte of military emails including personal information and conversations between officials, people familiar with the matter said, an episode that highlighted the security risk of moving sensitive Pentagon data to the cloud.

WASHINGTON — It was envisioned as the centerpiece of a $200 billion program revolutionizing how the U.S. Army would fight. Now it’s languishing in storage in Virginia, a 25-ton symbol of the malaise that lies at the nexus of the Pentagon and the defense industry.

Members of Congress are grappling with what to do after the downing of a Chinese balloon and three other aerial objects over American airspace

Four U.S. troops were wounded during a helicopter raid that killed an Islamic State group leader in northeast Syria, U.S. officials said on Friday.

SEATAC, Wash. — In the 1980s, rookie firefighters at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport endured a hazing ritual known as the "foam shower."

Congress is seeking legislative fixes to the scourge of military hunger, which is a persistent problem for the Pentagon.

Rep. Mike Garcia's rapid ascent to a seat on the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee is turning heads in Washington.

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The Pentagon has an office to study what it describes as ‘unknown aerial phenomenon’ but the White House says the objects shot down by US and Canadian planes over the last few days show no ‘indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity’