The Pentagon is barring nearly all Defense Department personnel, including military commanders, from talking to Congress or state lawmakers unless they have received prior approval from the agency’s ...

A memo obtained by CBS News directs nearly all correspondence with Congress to go through the assistant secretary for legislative affairs.

The Trump administration chose a new leader for a federal health research funding organization that focuses on high-risk, ...

Leaders at the Pentagon have significantly altered how military officials will speak with Congress after a pair of new memos ...

A new memo on communications with Capitol Hill, signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his deputy, follows restrictions ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday moved to rebrand the Department of Defense as the “Department of War,” declaring that the move will signal American strength on the world stage. “I think ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has told Pentagon staff they must obtain permission before interacting with members of ...

The change appears to be part of a broader effort by Hegseth to exert tighter control over what the department communicates ...

A Pentagon memo, obtained by Breaking Defense, now mandates that all communication with Congress be routed through its main legislative affairs office.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that Pentagon personnel be required to coordinate all interactions with Congress ...

Former Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni speaks out about the disregard of due process and for the rule of law that he says he witnessed in his final weeks at the Department of Justice.

An Obama-era Pentagon report called for “direct military action” in the drug war, presaging Trump’s brazen strikes on boats ...