President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Lloyd Austin, a retired U.S. Army general, to serve as secretary of the Department of Defense, Politico reported Monday. Austin would be the first African ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, facing reporter questions for the first time since his secret hospitalization, said his cancer diagnosis was a "gut punch" and that his first instinct was to keep it ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Monday, due to complications following a minor elective medical procedure, Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said ...

(BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE) – The question being asked all over social media, in homes, offices, and even behind closed doors in Washington: If former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had leaked war plans ...

WASHINGTON - For the first time in history, the United States will have an African American leading the Pentagon. With minimal objection, the Senate voted 93-2 in favor of confirming retired Gen.