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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - MAY 26: (L-R) U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth greet visitors during the Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery on May 26, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday in May each year to honor and mourn U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Hegseth: Renaming Department of Defense to ‘Department of War’ will restore ‘Warrior ethos’

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on Friday, officially changing the name of the Department of Defense (DoD) back to the Department of War (DoW), White House officials confirmed.

US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro walks next to barrels with chemicals used to create synthetic drugs like methamphetamine after a news conference in Pasadena, Texas, on September 3, 2025. Federal authorities announced what they're calling "the largest law enforcement bust of precursor chemicals bound for a foreign terrorist organization". (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. seizes record 300K kilos of meth-making chemicals linked to Sinaloa Cartel

Over 300,000 kilograms of chemicals used to produce methamphetamine have been seized by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) investigation sector in Houston, Texas.

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 25: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens to President Donald Trump talk to journalists after signing executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on August 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Furthering his federal takeover of the capital city’s law enforcement, Trump signed orders ending cashless bail in the District of Columbia, mandating prosecution for people who desecrate the American flag -- including by burning it -- and other orders. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump floats renaming DOD to ‘stronger’ Department of War

President Donald Trump has expressed an interest in renaming the Department of Defense (DoD) to its original designation, the “Department of War.”

TOPSHOT - US Customs and Border Protection agents participate in a training exercise at a vehicle entry point along the border with Mexico on November 5, 2018, in Hidalgo, Texas. - Around 4,800 US soldiers were deployed to the border with Mexico, the Pentagon announced, saying it could not give a price tag for the operation Democrats decry as political maneuvring from President Donald Trump. (Photo by Andrew Cullen / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANDREW CULLEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Hegseth: DoD reviving 1918 ‘Mexican Border Defense Medal,’ recognizing service members deployed to Southern Border

Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon is reviving a 1918 military decoration to honor service members deployed to the Southern Border, recognizing them as “brave border soldiers.”

AT SEA - AUGUST 2, 2012: In this handout released by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) is seen August 2, 2012 in the Atlantic Ocean. In a response to a alleged chemical weapons attack on its own people by the Syrian regime the USS Mahan, the USS Barry, the USS Ramage, and the USS Gravely, all Arleigh Burke-class destroyers carrying Tomahawk land-attack missiles, along with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and a cruiser have been ordered to move west to the Red Sea, so that they can help support a US strike on Syria if requested, as a response to a alleged chemical weapons attack on its own people by the Syrian regime, September 3, 2013. (Photo by U.S. Navy via Getty Images)

Trump deploys U.S. warships near Venezuela amid escalating tensions with Socialist leader Maduro

President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of three warships along with thousands of Marines near Venezuela — combating the flow of illicit drugs entering the United States via President Nicolás Maduro’s “cartel criminal network.”

HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. and DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth - via Kennedy Jr.'s X account

MAHA: RFK Jr. challenges Hegseth to pushup and pullup showdown, promoting a fit and active lifestyle

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. challenged Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to a spirited fitness showdown — with the Trump administration officials taking part in a pushup and pullup competition amid Kennedy’s push to promote a healthy, active lifestyle.