Joe Gould
Joe Gould was the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, politics and the defense industry. He had previously served as Congress reporter.
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Republican budget plan will ‘undermine’ US security, warns Biden admin
The Biden administration is portraying plans from Republicans to gut the federal budget as jeopardizing national security.
Corker to fight Trump tariffs with new bill
Should President Donald Trump have to get congressional approval for his recent steel and aluminum tariffs? A member of the president's own party is leading such a charge.
Why the DOJ says Trump was justified in Syria airstrikes
The U.S. Justice Department's findings have drawn immediate criticism from multiple lawmakers.
New nuclear warhead still under fire from Democrats
Here's how Democrats are trying to stop the Trump administration’s plan to expand America's nuclear arsenal now.
US defense sector braces for Trump tariff fallout
The Trump administration's steel and aluminum tariffs have sparked fears in the defense sector.
Senate moves to empower Pentagon’s policy chief as enforcer
The move would allow the Pentagon's top policy job to regain some of hte power and responsibilities it has ceded to the Joint Staff in recent years.
US Senate defense bill would prep for high-tech fights
Cyber, hypersonic weapons and AI are among the technologies emphasized in the Senate's version of the annual defense policy bill.
House overwhelmingly backs plan to ‘rebuild our military’
The bill includes plans to grow military end strength, give troops a 2.6 percent pay raise boost aviation upgrades.
US lawmakers put war budget in the crosshairs
One House Democrat called the Pentagon's war budget a "slush fund" ahead of a House vote to eliminate it.
White House doesn’t like Congress’ plan to kill DISA
The White House wants to eliminate a provision in the House’s draft of the annual Pentagon policy bill that would shutter the Defense Information Systems Agency.
