Duffey, Trump said in a December social media post, is the nominee to run the Pentagon’s office for acquisition and sustainment, its chief weapons buyer.

Mark Milley that hung with paintings of other former chairs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, just hours after President Donald Trump was sworn in on Tuesday, The New York Times reported. A U.S. official told the newspaper that the White House ordered the takedown.

It is unclear who will take over at the Pentagon and the military services when the top leaders all step down Monday as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office. As of Friday, officials said they had not yet heard who will become the acting defense secretary.

It's hard to tell just where retired General Mark Milley's portrait once hung in the Pentagon's prestigious E-ring hallway, alongside all of the former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Hegseth, 44, is a combat veteran and former Fox News host. The committee voted along party lines to advance his nomination to the full Senate.

The Trump administration has not publicly said how many immigration detention beds it needs to achieve its goals, or what the cost will be.

Dan Caldwell, a former colleague of Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, has publicly criticized the close U.S.-Israel alliance

Michigan's U.S. senators voted in committee against Trump's picks to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, and White House budget office, Russell Vought.

President Trump's plans for the US military include reinstating some 8,000 service members who refused the COVID-19 vaccine and giving them back pay.

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller and Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier were both relieved of command for publicly criticizing their superiors.

Trump signed executive orders aimed at building military presence along the border and designating cartels as foreign terrorist groups, here's what's next.