List of U.S. Government articles
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The Pentagon Top Trump Pentagon Nominee Walks Back Offensive Tweets
Anthony Tata says he retracts his 2018 tweets calling former President Barack Obama a “terrorist leader.”
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Capt. Brett Crozier Navy Upholds Ouster of Virus-Racked Carrier’s Captain
The fired commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt failed to “take charge” in responding to the coronavirus outbreak aboard the ship, the Navy found in an investigation.
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Joseph Fons holding a gay pride flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on June 15. The Real Reason the United States Lags on LGBTQ Rights
This week’s Supreme Court decision ends one legal battle, but reveals why the country’s record is so poor.
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Leading Pentagon Official Exits After White House Axes Nomination
Kathryn Wheelbarger’s departure marks the second high-level official to leave this week as the White House stocks the Pentagon with loyalists.
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Former national security officials are ditching their jobs in the Beltway to run for Congress. Anguished by America’s Decline, More Foreign-Policy Wonks Run for Office
More national security experts are running for Congress in 2020 than in most past elections.
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Gen. Jay Raymond, chief of space operations, points to the newly designed rank insignia of a Space Force officer Pentagon Not Ready for Space Fight, Experts Say
The Defense Department hasn’t done enough to secure satellites and prepare for greater militarization of space, experts say, as it rolls out a new strategy for the domain.
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U.S. President Donald Trump greets supporters during a campaign rally aboard the USS Iowa on Sept. 15, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. Veterans Fear Trump Will Use Military as Election Gambit
Trump resuming campaign rallies has veterans nervous that U.S. troops could find themselves in the political crossfire.
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Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan awaits a hearing in a Moscow court. Family of American Jailed in Russia Vows to Keep Fighting
Long sentence for alleged espionage is a “gut punch” but opens door to negotiations.
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Sen. Angus King (I-ME) speaks with reporters following the weekly policy luncheons at the U.S. Capitol June 26, 2018 in Washington, DC. Senate Demands Answers on Afghanistan Pullout
Lawmakers want answers from the nation’s top spy about the impact of a hasty U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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diversity-state-department-black-lives-matter-diplomacy-illustration- Fighting for U.S. Values Abroad, Black Diplomats Struggle With Challenges at Home
Protests against racism are shedding light on a silent morale crisis within parts of America’s diplomatic corps.
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Youths kneel in front of police with their hands in the air during protests in Soweto, South Africa, on June 16, 1976. Is America’s Future South Africa’s Past?
There are uncomfortable parallels between the United States in 2020 and South Africa in the dying days of white rule.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to press. Fired State Watchdog Confirms Ongoing Investigation Into Pompeo and His Wife
In an interview with Congress, Linick says he was looking into private taxpayer-funded dinners at the department, among other probes.
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US Defense Secretary Mark Esper (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley, testify about the Defense department budget during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 4, 2020. Pentagon Won’t Disclose Cost of D.C. Troops
The Defense Department falls short of a deadline set by seven Senate Democrats but says it is working on a response detailing the expense of sending U.S. troops to Washington.
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U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger appears before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington on April 15, 1975, to urge approval of President Gerald Ford's request for military and humanitarian aid to South Vietnam. Welcome Back to Kissinger’s World
Neoconservatism has died, and liberal internationalism is discredited. Perhaps it’s time to return to the ideas of one of the last century’s greatest realists.
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Police White House Fence The Pandemic and the Protests
How Trump’s response to both endangers U.S. national security.
