The Latest Breaking News from Lloyd Austin

Mitch McConnell criticizes Trump's foreign policy views and advocates for US aid to Ukraine at Reagan National Defense Forum.

In waning days of his presidency, Biden seeks to bolster Ukraine’s defences amid its years-long fight against Russia.

Pete Hegseth has spent the week on Capitol Hill trying to reassure Republican senators that he is fit to lead President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Defense in the wake of high-profile allegations about excessive drinking and sexual assault

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is forcefully endorsing having women in combat roles and emphasizing the military’s obligation to defend the U.S. Constitution

Defense Department and war prosecutors locked in back-and-forth over plea deals for three 9/11 plotters

China claims reports of defence minister being investigated are ‘just shadow chasing’

Early this year, Pete Hegseth told a Fox News audience a new, Pentagon-funded study proved that the number of military service members and veterans involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection did not indicate a wider problem in the armed forces

Early this year, Pete Hegseth told a Fox News audience a new, Pentagon-funded study proved that the number of military service members and veterans involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection did not indicate a wider problem in the armed forces

Aircraft grounded the day lawmakers wrote to Lloyd Austin to re-ground entire fleet of V-22

Three lawmakers are asking Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to consider re-grounding the military's fleet of V-22 Ospreys until solutions can be put in place to address safety and design issues identified by The Associated Press in its recent in-depth investigation of the aircraft's accident record

These were the key developments on the 1,003rd day of the Russia-Ukraine war.