Military organizations already understand a principle that civilian AI governance is only beginning to confront: authority ...

The following is the Sept. 11, 2026, Congressional Research Service defense primer, Control and Command of the U.S. Military. From the Report Congress has exercised oversight and a measure of control ...

President Donald Trump is creating an “urgent matter for chain of command" as military officers grapple with how to respond to fears of an "illegal" order from President Donald Trump, including the ...

WASHINGTON — A bill to amend a federal vacancy law and avoid the lack of transparency and leadership confusion that accompanied Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization in January has passed ...

President Joe Biden on Friday ordered a historic change to the Uniform Code of Military Justice by transferring key decision-making authorities outside the military chain of command in cases of sexual ...

"Public officials should be careful not to convey to the world the mistaken impression that the United States is a helpless sleeping giant if one or more officials in the defense chain of command are ...

There has been a long-running chatter in the media and certain circles in Washington about President Joe Biden’s fitness for carrying out the duties of the presidency, especially when it comes to ...