US lawmakers are looking to impeach embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as soon as next week, an effort that’s gained momentum after the Iran war he championed partly led to Republicans losing control of Congress in the midterms.

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth is set to face a war of attrition with members of Congress from both parties who are determined to hold him responsible for the Iran war and other issues after next week’s midterm elections.

An uncrewed surface vessel has deployed with a US aircraft carrier strike group for the first time in the US Navy’s history.

Democrats are zeroing in on the Pentagon and defense contractors as they prepare to scrutinize potential conflicts of interest in the Trump administration should they win control of Congress, according to lawmakers and people familiar with the plans.

The Defense Department has tasked two of its biggest contractors to lead an effort to study the future of warfare and design weapons that American service members will need in the years ahead.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a sweeping speech to junior officers and enlisted troops, announcing new military commands and projects, including one to be led by Elon Musk, Anduril Industries Inc. founder Palmer Luckey and former House speaker Newt Gingrich to research the future of warfare.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called press coverage of the Iran war “a national betrayal,” and described journalists as anti-American traitors for reporting on the actions of the Pentagon.

The Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday defeated a Democratic resolution to end the war in Iran even as endangered GOP senators have started to publicly break with President Donald Trump amid the economic fallout from the widely unpopular conflict.

Two key senators who oversee military and intelligence matters said they want the Pentagon to answer questions about how sensitive F-35 warplane parts ended up in China’s possession.

Officials in the Trump administration have backed off an effort to replace Stephen Feinberg, concluding the Pentagon’s No. 2 was indispensable to a US push to gain stakes in defense-technology companies and wrest supply chains away from China.

President Donald Trump is pushing a legislative package to revive the domestic maritime industry as ongoing military operations in the Middle East highlight the vulnerability of international shipping, Bloomberg Government has learned.

Northrop Grumman Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kathy Warden said the Trump administration’s Golden Dome space defense system was becoming “very tangible” for defense contractors and that her company will end up with a “decent share” of a program that may eventually cost more than $1 trillion.

The US House called on President Donald Trump to halt the war on Iran for the second time as a handful of Republicans crossed their own leadership to support the measure.

The US war against Iran has cost the US about $37.5 billion, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, giving the most up-to-date official estimate for a conflict that shows no signs of ending soon.

The Pentagon will begin screening male troops for testosterone deficiency, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump’s demand for new voter identification requirements on Tuesday sidelined a planned congressional vote on a $1.15 trillion annual defense policy bill his administration is seeking.

A controversial spy powers law has become the latest political casualty of President Donald Trump’s second term, injecting uncertainty into US intelligence gathering in a summer dominated by the World Cup and high-profile events celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary.

President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act in an effort to bolster delivery of weapons whose stockpiles critics say have been strained by the war in Iran and other conflicts.

Legal authority for US spy agencies’ broadest communications surveillance program is on track to lapse as the fight over President Donald Trump’s decision to temporarily place controversial housing official Bill Pulte in charge of the nation’s intelligence apparatus intensified.

The move won’t end US military attacks and still faces a Senate vote.