Multiple readers asked us to VERIFY claims that a Department of Defense directive gives the military power to use lethal ...

The directive "does not reflect any change to DOD's policy regarding the use of lethal force," a Department of Defense ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other Trump supporters cite a routine bureaucratic update as part of a nefarious plot.

DoD's Directive 5240.01 has been a point of contention online as conspiracy theories and rumours flare out. Experts have now ...

The Biden-Harris admin's latest DoD directive is accused of authorizing the U.S. military to use lethal force against ...

The Pentagon says a recently-update directive does not give it authorization "to use lethal force against U.S. citizens or ...

DoD addresses concerns over directive 5240.01, which allegedly allows Pentagon to use lethal force against protesters.

The Pentagon clarified in a statement Thursday that U.S. troops are not authorized to use force against American citizens ...

The claims are inaccurate. The updated version of Directive 5240.01 does not grant any new power to the Defense Department and does not grant legal authority for the military to use lethal force on ...

The Department of Defense issued a standard policy revision in September to existing procedures for the intelligence ...

Concerns from a variety of political organizations have been raised by rumors on social media over a recent DoD directive ...

In a rare move, the Pentagon strongly pushed back Thursday against misinformation spread on social media that falsely sugg ...