Lloyd Austin

Classified US government documents posted on online message boards made their way into the world’s media late last week in what may be the largest national security breach in at least a decade.The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that…

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday blasted a new abortion policy at the Pentagon in a heated exchange with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, telling the military chief he will “lose” a legal fight over the abortion rule. Johnson…

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said there will be “powerful effects” on military readiness if Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) continues to hold up more than 150 Pentagon nominees over an abortion policy in the Defense…

Last year, an Australian P-8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft was forced to dodge a Chinese fighter that had dumped a load of metal foil in its path. Now Canberra’s set to up the tempo of its South China Sea patrols to help the Philippines…

The Pentagon will allow service members up to three weeks of leave to travel for abortions and other non-covered reproductive health care, according to a slate of new policies announced on Thursday. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made a “deep mistake” with Beijing’s spy balloon saga, a former head of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service says.Sir Alex Younger, the former head of Britain’s spy agency, told the BBC that China’s assumption…

The Senate on Thursday held its first hearing on the Chinese spy balloon that floated over the United States last week before it was shot down over the weekend.The Senate Appropriations Committee took testimony from top Pentagon officials,…

After the House unanimously passed a resolution condemning China over its surveillance balloon, Beijing responded Friday by dismissing it as "purely political manipulation and hyping up.""China is strongly dissatisfied with this and…

The spy balloon that flew over the United States last week was part of a “surveillance fleet” deployed by the Chinese military that has targeted more than 40 countries across five continents, a US official said on Thursday.Detailed images…

The first images of debris recovered from the downed Chinese spy balloon have been released by the US Navy.An extensive operation using underwater drones, warships and inflatable vessels is currently underway to retrieve all of the pieces…