Pentagon drops 180 faiths from military’s recognized religions list

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of War has officially removed 180 faiths from its list of recognized religions, acting on a change previously announced by War Secretary Pete Hegseth. The U.S. Military Chaplain Corps previously recognized over 200 faith codes that servicemembers could claim affiliation with. That number now sits … Read more

Pentagon official defends standoff with Anthropic, military’s AI use

Emil Michael, the U.S. under secretary of defense for research and engineering, speaks with CBS News’ Jennifer Jacobs about how the military can benefit from artificial intelligence and defends the Pentagon’s stance in its dispute with Anthropic over the use of the AI model Claude. Michael says the military has “made some very good concessions” … Read more