John Phelan, President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of the Navy, faced a tense confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an interview on Sunday that Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. was “not the right man for the moment” and praised President Trump’s handling of the war in Ukraine.

Trump plans to nominate retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine as the nation’s next chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

No, President Donald Trump likely has little need for a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, given his penchant for ignoring unwelcome advice and preference for his own “commonsense” gut instincts, but the country probably does.

CQ Brown Jr. being removed Friday night as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ... commander in chief of the armed forces.” Still, Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee told ABC that the firings ...