President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War. Just before Trump signed the order in the Oval Office late Friday afternoon, he ...

The following is the 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy. The document was released on Jan. 23, 2026. From the report ...

Regular visitors to defense.gov may be forgiven for thinking they have come to the wrong web page. Gone is the fusty, somewhat preclusive old site, making way for an eye-catching layout with dynamic ...

On Sept. 5, President Donald Trump signed an executive order restoring “the historic name” of the U.S. Department of Defense, the “Department of War.” A new website debuted -- war.gov. In 1798, ...

President Donald Trump speaks as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth holds a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, President Donald Trump sent a sharply different message on Friday when he signed an executive order aimed at rebranding the ...

WASHINGTON — After months of campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, President Trump sent a sharply different message on Friday when he signed an executive order aimed at rebranding the Department of ...

It’s been less than a week since President Donald Trump signed an executive order designating the Department of Defense as the Department of War. And while Congress has blocked debate of the change ...