All active duty military and 400,000 civilian workers are currently serving without pay due to the government shutdown. This comes a day after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed military leaders ...

NPR speaks to Mark Cancian, a retired U.S. Marine colonel, about President Trump's speech to the military's top brass Tuesday.

The speech was a disgrace, a violation of the sacred line between civilian control and and military professionalism that only undermined Hegseth's own authority. But it was also an ominous sign of how ...