White House says Tehran in ‘very weak position’; Iran says two seized ships transferred to its coast; US navy secretary leaves office ‘effective immediately’, says Pentagon

The Pentagon warned Congress that clearing the Strait of Hormuz could take six months, despite President Donald Trump’s insistence just days ago that Iran was removing all the mines from the critical oil passage.

Anthropic on Wednesday told an appeals court that it can’t manipulate its artificial intelligence tool Claude once it is deployed in classified Pentagon military networks — an assertion aimed at debunking the Trump administration’s attempt to brand the rapidly growing technology company as a supply chain risk.

The Pentagon revealed its 2027 budger proposal on Tuesday to fulfill Trump's request of nearly $1.5 trillion on defense spending.

Navy Secretary John Phelan has left the Trump administration in the middle of a tense naval standoff with Iran in one of the world’s most critical oil waterways. The shock departure was announced by Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell on X,

Iran may have deployed more than 20 mines in and around the Strait of Hormuz, some of which are difficult to track, an official said

The nearly 50 percent jump in spending would fund many of President Donald Trump’s new military projects, but the request has to get through a skeptical Congress.

The cost of damage and weapons expenditures during the war could add billions to that total.

The US military’s massive $1.5 trillion budget request for the next fiscal year includes what Pentagon officials described as the largest investment in drone warfare and counter-drone technology in US history.

The Pentagon’s largest-ever budget request earmarks $75 billion for drones and technologies to counter them, mainly for a massive increase for a little-known office working with U.S. commandos to test and evaluate various systems, according to defense officials.

John Phelan sparked tensions within the department over his support for a new battleship.