Joe Gould was the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, politics and the defense industry. He had previously served as Congress reporter.
Democrats, who will gain new oversight powers when they take control of the House in January, are already grilling the Trump administration over its deployment of troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.
NATO member Slovakia is on track to purchase 14 Lockheed Martin F-16V fighters to replace its MiG-29 jets in a wider effort to break from Russia, a defence ministry official said Saturday.
The U.S. military needs Congress to provide sustained defense spending to maintain its eroding military edge — but also needs to start innovating, its top uniformed officer said Saturday.
Democratic lawmakers say they hope to use their party’s takeover of the House to check the Trump administration’s expansive pursuit of nuclear weapons.