Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee moved to codify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “Department of War” name change ...

June 5 (UPI) --The House Armed Services Committee voted to codify the name change of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in September ...

The Pentagon has asked Congress to change the name of the “Department of Defense” to the “Department of War,” while the efforts already underway to make it happen have exceeded $50 million. This ...

The Pentagon has asked Congress to codify its “Department of War” renaming, saying it will cost nearly $52 million to complete and will not have a “significant impact” on President Trump’s fiscal 2027 ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth finishes the installation of a Department of War plaque at the Pentagon on Nov. 13, 2025. (Staff Sgt. Madelyn Keech/U.S. Air Force) The Pentagon is formally seeking ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s antisemitism czar, Phylisa Wisdom, said the city will not codify a definition of antisemitism during the first hearing of the City Council’s Task Force to Combat Antisemitism on ...

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In testimony before the City Council’s antisemitism task force, an NYPD official said Mamdani played no role in a controversial change in reporting data from hate crimes New York City Mayor Zohran ...

The Mamdani administration's pick to lead an office tasked with fighting Jewish hate couldn't define the word "antisemitism" during a testy Wednesday City Council meeting — sparking one frustrated ...