President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday, renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War.

The order permits the use of titles like "secretary of war" but it does not formally rename the department. That would ...

FILE-President Donald Trump talks to the media as he meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (not pictured) at Trump Turnberry golf club on July 28, 2025 in Turnberry, Scotland. (Photo by ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War. He criticized the previous name as “woke” and said the new name is “more appropriate ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump suggested Monday that he could change the name of the Department of Defense back to the Department of War — the moniker by which it was known for more than 150 years. The ...

While a full name change would require congressional action, the order allows the administration to reintroduce the ...

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth indicated that they will soon change the name of the Defense Department back to the “Department of War.” Trump backed the name change on ...

Is the best defense a good offense? President Donald Trump thinks so. Twice on Aug. 25, Trump brought up his previously stated intention to rename the Department of Defense to what it was once called ...

President Donald Trump will make "an exciting announcement related to the Department of Defense" the White House said on Tuesday. The televised announcement is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET in the Oval ...

(The Hill) — President Donald Trump indicated on Monday that he could move soon to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War. “Pete Hegseth has been incredible with the, as I call it, ...

President Donald Trump announced a name change is likely "going to be made over the next week or so" for the Department of Defense. The president said at the White House that Secretary of Defense Pete ...

President Donald Trump says the Department of Defense name change could happen "soon." The Department of War was established in the late 1700s, and the name was used by the U.S. for its military until ...