What civilian harm in Iran reveals about accountability, credibility and the obligations of American military power

The administration is waging war without congressional authorization while controlling what the public learns about its costs.

Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.

Trump has initiated and expanded another unconstitutional, open-ended combat campaign without congressional authorization.

The Navy spent decades developing a technological leap to aircraft carrier launch systems. Now the president wants to revert to the equipment it replaced.

The campaign has left U.S. forces vulnerable, has depleted critical weapons and has failed to establish control of vital waters.

A proposal to eliminate civilian tenure at military academies would weaken the minds and the might of America's future leaders.

Military missions, especially ones conducted within the U.S., require continuing justification, not just continuing authorization.

The Defense secretary is working to replace military standards rooted in mission with standards that reflect his personal image of the American warrior.

The administration owes Americans a serious accounting of what has been lost and what future spending is supposed to fix.

Legislators have finally begun to recognize the dangers of unchecked executive force.

The president abused his power in the killing of Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores. Worse, the military did nothing to stop him.

A visible pattern of removing women and minority officers from promotion lists sends a message to his military.

For more than 60 years, the U.S. has tried to pressure Cuba’s leadership into breaking. The regime has endured.

The military is not a concierge service for powerful public officials.

The military is not a concierge service for powerful public officials.

The only thing more dangerous than the president's actions against Iran is Congress’ silence.

Without legal justification the ongoing boat strikes are not normal, not constitutional and not something a free nation can simply get used to.

Among the United States' greatest losses is its legitimacy on the world stage.

The president's justifications have shifted repeatedly, and claims of victory have grown theatrical as the results have grown less convincing.

The most obvious strategic move following strikes in Iran has become a central problem for the United States.

A serious military does not celebrate destruction as proof of strength. And it does not treat the rules that govern force as optional.

Pushing strategic decisions down the road means the ending will be imposed by fatigue, fracture or crisis rather than choice.

The president's weekend address following initial strikes in Iran offered forceful nationalist rhetoric but little actual clarity of purpose or strategy.

What is imagined as calibrated pressure in Washington could easily be perceived as an existential threat in Tehran.

A number of commenters were concerned last night, and rightly so, about reporting that seemed to indicate that the Administration is considering escalating US operations in Afghanistan. These operatio...

Shrinking the pool of Americans who can serve while signaling that only certain types of people truly belong limits whose judgment shapes U.S. strategy.

Two decades after American forces invaded Iraq, the circumstances are different but the failure is unmistakable.

Two decades after American forces invaded Iraq, the circumstances are different but the failure is unmistakable.

The people standing against ICE in the streets of Minneapolis are not seeking recognition or reward. They are neighbors who decided that silence was the greater risk.

Federal operations across the city are normalizing the use of force as routine, and stripping away the transparency and oversight of ICE agents.

As Mark Kelly and Pete Hegseth square off in soundbites, service members with limited authority are left to resolve the ambiguity created far above them.

Who now decides when the United States goes to war, and under what authority?

Despite Democrats’ objections, the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees said they were satisfied a controversial Sept. 2 attack was lawful.

Lucy couldn't understand the words being spoken around her or the dangers she fled. Yet under the system we've built, she's the one required to answer to a judge.

The Pentagon is policing troops' speech in ways experts call an "abuse." Some service members are self-censoring and scrambling to scrub social media.

Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the commander of the September attack, is set to provide an account of his role for the first time in a closed briefing.

There is a rule every professional military knows it cannot break: You do not attack people who can no longer fight, such as survivors of the recent boat strikes in Latin America.

There’s a reason lawmakers worry about the military being told to ignore the law.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

The real costs of Washington’s use of force.

A recently uncovered memo promises U.S. soldiers immunity for the killing of more than 80 people in boat strikes throughout the Caribbean, effectively conceding it crossed a line.

The peremptory strike on a speedboat is a warning to all who serve. Remember your oath.

The Navy needs leaders like Buzz Donnelly.

Stripping the library of books undermines our Navy—and mimics regimes we spent decades confronting.