The name change would likely require an act of Congress, although the White House is looking for ways to avoid a vote.

The Department of Defense will now be called the Department of War, after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to that effect on Friday. The POTUS said it sent a ‘message of victory’ to ...

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday. (Evan Vucci/AP) President Donald Trump signed an executive ...

United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order changing the name of the Department of Defense to the “Department of War”. In a ceremony from the Oval Office on Friday, Trump said ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at an event Tuesday with President Donald Trump on the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) President ...

Sept. 5 (UPI) --President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order directing the Department of Defense to revert to its old title of Department of War and for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's ...

President Donald Trump’s desire to have a “Department of War” could be fulfilled under an amendment filed this week by a Republican congressman. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., has filed an amendment to the ...

President Trump on Monday floated returning the Department of Defense to its prior name, the Department of War — arguing the name it has held since the 1940s is "too defensive." "We want to be ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Friday, renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War — a long-telegraphed move aimed at projecting American military toughness around ...