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In this Aug. 29, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump watches with Vice President Mike Pence and then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper as the flag for U.S. Space Command is unfurled as Trump announces the establishment of the U.S. Space Command in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.

Trump links Space Command HQ move to Colorado’s ‘crooked’ voting laws

Twice Tuesday, Trump said Colorado’s mail-in voting policies influenced his decision to move SPACECOM headquarters from Colorado Springs to Huntsville.

By Courtney Albon

11 days ago

Veterans’ voices shape report on the Afghanistan War’s lessons, impact

Veterans of the war in Afghanistan are telling a commission that their experience was not only hell, but but also confounding and demoralizing.

4 weeks ago

The Pentagon’s Golden Dome program office is hiring

As a direct report to the deputy secretary of defense, Guetlein has authority to bypass competitive hiring procedures as he builds his Golden Dome team.

By Courtney Albon

8 weeks ago

D-Day veteran and TikTok star ‘Papa Jake’ Larson dies at 102

Larson was among the nearly 160,000 Allied troops who stormed the Normandy shore on June 6, 1944, surviving machine-gun fire when he landed on Omaha Beach.

By Angela Charlton, The Associated Press

8 weeks ago

Pope Leo XIV is the son of a D-Day veteran

The first American to ever be elected pope is the son of D-Day veteran.

By Claire Barrett

9 weeks ago

Thousands of LGBTQ+ vets were promised pardons. Only 4 have succeeded.

Former President Joe Biden pledged to use his clemency powers to right ‘an historic wrong.’ Why did it fall so short of its promise?

By Leah Rosenbaum

3 months ago