The Washington Post reported Saturday that Defense Department officials have been planning for weeks to deploy federal troops to Chicago.

President Donald Trump said Chicago is his next likely target to crack down on urban crime. Military planning has been ongoing for weeks, officials say.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington for President Trump's law enforcement crackdown will be armed, the Pentagon said.

There are nearly 2,000 National Guard members in the District. They’ve been deployed to areas including the National Mall, Nationals Park and Metro stations.

Wall Street Journal says Pentagon restricted Kyiv’s ability to use long-range weapons, citing review process controlled by defense chief Pete Hegseth

The Defense Department has withheld approval for attacks as the White House has sought to entice Moscow to open peace talks.

The Pentagon has been quietly blocking Ukraine from using U.S.-made long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to strike targets inside Russia, limiting Kyiv's ability to employ these weapons in its defense against Moscow's invasion,