President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the firings of two additional senior officers.

Democratic lawmakers and retired military officers expressed concern about the politicization of the military under President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Working in the CIA is a little bit like Fight Club…but the one thing I can say is, you know, they [CIA officers] are [...] More

No, President Donald Trump likely has little need for a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, given his penchant for ignoring unwelcome advice and preference for his own “commonsense” gut instincts, but the country probably does.

The president fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as part of a stunning shake-up across the military’s senior ranks.

Caine is a career fighter jet pilot who defended Washington, D.C., during the 9/11 attacks and been adored by Trump since they met in Iraq during Trump's first term.

The Navy’s top admiral and a senior Air Force general also were dismissed as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moves to align the military with Trump’s agenda.

Five former secretaries of defense are calling on Congress to hold immediate hearings on President Donald Trump’s recent firings of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and several other senior military leaders.

The chairman is the United States’ highest-ranking military officer. A four-star general or admiral who reports directly to the president, the chairman presides over the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a council comprised of senior members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and the National Guard.

A Johnson spokesman said the speaker is standing by his chief of staff and "has full faith and confidence" in him.

The sweeping and extraordinary intervention is expected to shock the Pentagon and upend the tradition of the joint chiefs chair serving a new administration.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer ...