President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order directing the Department of Defense to revert to its old title of ...

Just a few months after the conclusion of World War II, President Truman announced his goal to implement a new governing ...

President Trump's idea to rename the department invites Americans to reckon more honestly with the nation’s use of military power.

It's a much more appropriate name, especially in light of where the world is right now,” Trump said. He said the previous ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to change the Department of Defense to the Department of War, a ...

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday seeking to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whom Trump has begun referring to as the “secretary of war,” said during the signing ceremony ...

Contrary to critics and proponents, the Trump administration’s DOD rebranding is not likely to substantially change the ...

President Donald Trump’s push to rename the Department of Defense goes beyond subjective word choices about what to call the military agency ...

Is it legal for Trump to rename the long-time standing agency created to protect and defend Americans? What to know: ...

The president is free to refer to a "Department of War" secondarily, NPR reports, but an official DoD name change would have to come from Congress, which in 1949 passed a law putting the newly unified ...