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    U.S. Department of Defense

    U.S. Department of Defense is an executive department of the federal government. It is also called the Department of War. It coordinates and supervises the U.S. Armed Forces and is headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia.

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    Secretary of War
    Pete Hegseth

    Leadership

    Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War. Pete Hegseth is the Secretary of War.

    Key facts

    Formed
    18 September 1947 (as National Military Establishment)source
    Budget
    $842 billion FY2024source
    Personnel
    2,845,386 total (30 June 2024)source
    Secretary sworn in
    Jan. 25, 2025, as the 29th secretary of defensesource
    Name change
    Sept. 5, 2025 (name changed)source

    WYDE coverage of U.S. Department of Defense

    WYDE Newsroom has published 9 articles about U.S. Department of Defense, from Feb 28, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026. U.S. Department of Defense is the regulator in 6 stories and the subject of 3 stories. The most recent is The US Says Stockpile Food. It Still Has No Plan for Its $720 Million to Fight Global Hunger.

    Food Policy

    The US Says Stockpile Food. It Still Has No Plan for Its $720 Million to Fight Global Hunger

    Washington, London and Tokyo tell households to stock up, and the Pentagon wants bases that can run 90 days alone. The $720 million Congress set aside to fight global hunger still has no published plan.

    Oct 30, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story

    Food Policy

    33 Countries Advise Residents to Stockpile Food and Water as Bongino Cites 30 Days

    Newsweek's list names 33 countries that tell households to keep emergency food and water, with 72 hours the most common advice. Former FBI deputy director Dan Bongino told Americans to take the warnings seriously and cited 30 days.

    Oct 30, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story

    WYDE Weekly

    Revolut and Block Cleared US Bank Charters, AI Proved Fermat and Navier-Stokes, and the CLARITY Act Hits the Senate Monday. Over 65,400 Meals.

    Revolut and Block clear OCC bank paths, Wyoming puts its stablecoin reserves onchain, AI checks proofs of Fermat and Navier-Stokes, the CLARITY Act hits the Senate, and creators can now get paid to end hunger.

    Sep 12, 2026 · 5 min read · Regulator

    AI

    The Pentagon Adds ChatGPT and Grok to GenAI.mil, Leaving Out Anthropic's Claude

    The Defense Department launched OpenAI's ChatGPT Mil and Starshield AI's Grok for Government on GenAI.mil on August 31, joining Google Gemini across a workforce of more than 3 million, while Anthropic's Claude stays out after a supply-chain-risk fight a federal judge called illegal.

    Sep 11, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator

    Global Affairs

    Pentagon Tells Congress US Strikes in Yemen Killed 153 Civilians in 2025, Up From Two the Year Before

    An unclassified Pentagon review sent to Congress finds every recorded death came from three April 2025 strikes, including the Ras Isa fuel port attack that killed 80 people, and concludes no condolence payments will be offered.

    Aug 15, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story

    WYDE Weekly

    $381M verdict against Zuck. 90% SBA Financing for Food SMBs. $EAT at ATH. We signed our national partner.

    Feed the Children signed, $EAT ATH, SBA financing for food infrastructure, tokenization, AI, hunger policy, and big tech accountability.

    Mar 30, 2026 · 9 min read · Regulator

    AI

    Federal Judge Blocks Pentagon Ban on Anthropic, Calls Supply Chain Designation "Orwellian"

    A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's ban on Anthropic, calling the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation "Orwellian" and "classic illegal First Amendment retaliation."

    Mar 29, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator

    Government & Fraud

    Pentagon Labels Anthropic a National Security Risk for Refusing Surveillance and Weapons Use

    Eleven companies filed for OCC national trust bank charters in 83 days while the Bank Policy Institute considers suing to stop crypto firms from entering federal banking.

    Mar 14, 2026 · 3 min read · Regulator

    Government & Fraud

    Trump Orders All Federal Agencies to Stop Using Anthropic Technology

    Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic technology. Defense Secretary Hegseth declared the AI company a supply chain risk to national security.

    Feb 28, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator

    Reported alongside U.S. Department of Defense

    • Anthropic · in 6 stories with U.S. Department of Defense
    • Pete Hegseth · in 4 stories with U.S. Department of Defense
    • OpenAI · in 3 stories with U.S. Department of Defense
    • Palantir · in 2 stories with U.S. Department of Defense
    • Tether · in 2 stories with U.S. Department of Defense
    • Donald Trump · in 2 stories with U.S. Department of Defense
    • Aave · in 1 story with U.S. Department of Defense
    • Amazon · in 1 story with U.S. Department of Defense

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