Joe Gould

Reporter

Joe covers defense and national security for The Washington Sun.

Joe previously worked for POLITICO, where he anchored the Morning Defense and Global Security newsletters, covering the intersection of defense policy, politics and industry — and security trends globally. He was also a senior reporter for Defense News, focusing on the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill, and reported for Army Times, Inside the Army and The New York Daily News.

You can reach Joe at joegould@notus.org. He can be reached on Signal at reporterjoe.01.

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What Happened to $300 Million in Taiwan Aid? It’s Classified.

October 02, 2026 05:03 a.m.
Hegseth Is Cutting the Number of Generals and Admirals by 20%

September 30, 2026 04:57 p.m.
Lawmaker Says the Pentagon Has Obligated Ukraine Aid Just Ahead of Its Expiration Date

September 29, 2026 02:20 p.m.

Gary Peters’ Last Act: One More Push for the Pentagon to Clean Up PFAS

September 24, 2026 03:00 p.m.
Lawmakers Want Answers After F-35 Parts End Up in China

September 24, 2026 02:57 p.m.
McConnell Leads Republicans in Demanding Trump Release Funding and Weapons to Taiwan

September 23, 2026 06:00 a.m.
Hegseth’s Preferred Army Chief Faces Long Odds in the Senate

September 18, 2026 05:01 a.m.
CBO Warns the Iran War Is Driving Up Inflation

September 15, 2026 02:11 p.m.
The Military’s Top Officer Says the Pentagon Needs Cash for Weapons Deals

September 09, 2026 12:25 p.m.
Pentagon Outsourced Base Services to Local Governments but Can’t Tell if It Saved Money

September 09, 2026 12:00 p.m.
House Democrat Says the Pentagon Sought NIH Funds for Defense Use

September 03, 2026 05:41 p.m.
Officer Ousters, a Cash Crunch and Iran Attacks: The Headaches Mount for Hegseth

September 03, 2026 05:02 a.m.
Pentagon Delays PFAS Cleanup at Over 200 Military Sites for the Third Time

September 02, 2026 10:36 a.m.
Army Secretary to Step Down After Months of Tension With Hegseth

August 31, 2026 07:01 p.m.
Top General Says Military Has ‘No Plans’ to Deploy to Polls During Midterms

August 31, 2026 06:16 p.m.

Pentagon Pushes Back on Report of Military Concerns About Iran

August 30, 2026 05:20 p.m.
Hegseth Is Weighing a Controversial Pentagon Spokesperson for the Army’s Top Job

August 27, 2026 01:57 p.m.
Trump’s Allies Want to Know the Plan in Iran — If There Is One

August 20, 2026 05:01 a.m.
Defense Lobbyists Brace for Democrats’ Oversight Blitz

August 14, 2026 05:01 a.m.
Senate Passes Russia Sanctions Bill Championed By Lindsey Graham

August 07, 2026 01:28 p.m.
Democrats ‘Plant a Flag’ Against Hegseth’s Media Restrictions

August 06, 2026 12:00 p.m.
Defense Hawks Challenge the White House Push for a Narrow Reconciliation Bill

July 30, 2026 05:02 p.m.
Senate Advances Russia Sanctions Bill

July 28, 2026 08:15 p.m.
Democrats Hope Transparency Helps Weather GOP Criticism Over Voter Controversy

July 25, 2026 05:00 a.m.
The Senate Is Struggling to Pass Lindsey Graham’s Last Bill

July 23, 2026 02:08 p.m.
House Votes to Rein In Trump’s Iran War

July 23, 2026 10:33 a.m.
House OKs a $1 Trillion Defense Bill in a Tight Vote

July 22, 2026 04:52 p.m.
Trump’s Plan to Surge U.S. Arms Production Has a Huge Problem

July 22, 2026 09:00 a.m.
Iran War Has Cost the U.S. Nearly $38 Billion

July 21, 2026 05:32 p.m.
Trump Resumed the Iran War. Republicans Are Rattled.

July 16, 2026 02:25 p.m.
House Republican Leadership Floats Fourth Reconciliation Bill

July 15, 2026 05:04 p.m.
Senate Democrats Filibuster Defense Bill to Protest Iran War and Budget Hike

July 14, 2026 04:06 p.m.
Lawmakers Aim to Finish Graham’s Final Mission: Russia Sanctions

July 14, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Trump Wants to Scale Up Munitions Production, But Congress Hasn’t Yet Funded It

July 13, 2026 05:03 a.m.
Trump Isn’t Flying Home on His New Qatari-Gifted AF1

July 08, 2026 03:12 p.m.
Trump Tells Ukraine to Make Its Own Missiles as U.S. Stocks Run Low

July 08, 2026 11:33 a.m.
Trump’s Biggest Roadblock to Selling Jets to Turkey May Be Republican Lawmakers

July 07, 2026 04:16 p.m.
U.S. to Resume Troop Deployment to Poland, Polish Defense Minister Says

July 06, 2026 06:17 p.m.
5 Things To Watch as Trump Heads to the NATO Summit

July 06, 2026 05:05 a.m.
Tom Kean’s Absence Shows How Congress Has Failed Itself

July 02, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Mark Kelly Backs Another Hegseth Foe In Latest Endorsement Push

July 01, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Mike Johnson Can’t Get Control of the House

June 30, 2026 06:33 p.m.
Johnson’s Defense Bill Gamble Collapses

June 30, 2026 09:34 a.m.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Lobbies Against Defense Stock Buyback Proposal

June 29, 2026 10:04 a.m.
Senate Democrats Press Hegseth on ‘Forever Chemical’ Cleanup Delays

June 26, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Top General’s Early Exit Shows Hegseth’s ‘Paranoia,’ Tillis Says

June 25, 2026 11:53 a.m.
Hegseth’s Defense-Spending Pitch Leaves House GOP Without a Clear Path

June 24, 2026 04:06 p.m.
Hegseth Takes His Budget Pitch to Republican Fiscal Hawks

June 24, 2026 05:06 a.m.
Hegseth Expects Some NATO Allies to ‘Fail’ Pentagon-Led Review

June 18, 2026 10:37 a.m.
Republicans Block Pentagon Investment Ban Aimed at Trump Family

June 17, 2026 04:37 p.m.
The U.S. Military’s AI Policy Is Up for Debate

June 17, 2026 03:43 p.m.
Democrats Make Moves to Rein in Trump’s Defense Spending

June 16, 2026 05:10 p.m.
Pete Hegseth’s War on Mark Kelly Was a Political Gift

June 16, 2026 05:50 a.m.
The Pentagon Quietly Delayed PFAS Cleanup Across Nearly 200 Military Sites

June 12, 2026 06:00 a.m.
Senators Propose Tying Trump’s Hands on Troops in Europe

June 11, 2026 12:40 p.m.
Trump Threatens to ‘Assume Total Control’ of Iran’s Oil

June 11, 2026 09:44 a.m.
Republicans Say New Intelligence Pick is Way to Pass FISA

June 09, 2026 06:13 p.m.
Senate Republicans Shut Down House Talk About Third Party-Line Bill

June 09, 2026 06:05 p.m.
U.S. Launches Strikes on Iran Following Attack on Military Helicopter

June 09, 2026 02:23 p.m.
The Pentagon Changed Its Religious Classifications After Outrage From LDS Lawmakers

June 08, 2026 12:43 p.m.
House Panel Backs ‘Department of War’ Rename in $1.15 Trillion Defense Bill

June 05, 2026 08:01 a.m.
House Passes Ukraine Aid in Rebuke of Republican Leaders

June 04, 2026 08:32 p.m.
Democrats Ready a Slew of Amendments for the Defense Policy Debate

June 04, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Republicans Split as House Advances Ukraine Aid Bill

June 03, 2026 05:59 p.m.
House Votes to Limit Trump’s Iran War Powers

June 03, 2026 05:35 p.m.
House Nears Ukraine Aid Vote Amid Republican Divisions

June 02, 2026 06:07 p.m.
Lawmakers Move to Draw Red Lines Around the Pentagon’s Use of AI

June 02, 2026 01:00 p.m.
Trump Picks His Housing Director to Be Acting Director of National Intelligence

June 02, 2026 09:55 a.m.
Democrats Want Watchdog to Probe Iran War Costs

May 28, 2026 02:28 p.m.
Trump’s ‘License to Kill’ Boat Strike Policy Faces a Reckoning

May 28, 2026 05:45 a.m.
Trump is Pulling Troops from Europe. Some Republicans Are Trying to Stop Him.

May 20, 2026 05:00 a.m.

Pentagon Freezes Defense Advisory Board With Canada

May 18, 2026 12:26 p.m.
Europe Troop Move Puts Spotlight on Last Man Out of Afghanistan

May 15, 2026 03:57 p.m.
Graham, Blumenthal Hope to ‘Capture the Momentum’ With Russian Sanctions Bill

May 13, 2026 05:35 p.m.
Senate Rejects Setting Limits on Trump’s Iran War Powers for the Seventh Time

May 13, 2026 01:10 p.m.
The Pentagon Says the Iran War Cost Has Jumped to $29 Billion

May 12, 2026 12:13 p.m.
U.S. Navy Plans to Order Far More ‘Trump Class’ Battleships Than Previously Disclosed

May 11, 2026 08:17 p.m.
Foreign Defense Partners Want Congress to Speed Up Arms Sales

May 11, 2026 09:11 a.m.
FEMA Is Losing Another Senior Official Just Weeks Before Hurricane Season

May 07, 2026 12:28 p.m.
U.S. Military Flex in Hormuz and Iran Attacks Complicate Ceasefire

May 05, 2026 10:04 a.m.
Democrats Press Rubio Over Missing AIDS Relief Data

May 04, 2026 06:02 p.m.
Trump’s Surprise Germany Troop Withdrawal Sets Up Showdown With Congress

May 03, 2026 01:58 p.m.
White House Says Iran Hostilities Have ‘Terminated’

May 01, 2026 03:55 p.m.
Bipartisan Senators Push Tough China Stance Before Trump-Xi Summit

May 01, 2026 10:41 a.m.
Hegseth Claims Iran Ceasefire ‘Stops’ War Powers Clock in Congress

April 30, 2026 01:48 p.m.
Democrats Turn Up the Heat on Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan

April 30, 2026 05:07 a.m.
Hegseth Says the Pentagon Released Funds for Ukraine

April 29, 2026 04:44 p.m.
Pentagon Official Says Iran War Cost $25 Billion So Far

April 29, 2026 12:28 p.m.
Trump’s War Powers Deadline on Iran Is Almost Up. Will Republicans Act?

April 28, 2026 05:05 p.m.
This Democrat Is Offering Trump a Blueprint to Land an Iran Nuclear Deal

April 27, 2026 01:55 p.m.
Trump Says Armed Suspect Apprehended After Rushing White House Correspondents’ Dinner

April 25, 2026 11:14 p.m.
Republicans Are Already Jockeying for the Top Spot on Armed Services

April 24, 2026 05:02 a.m.
Lawmakers in Both Parties Say They’re Worried About Navy Secretary’s Ouster

April 23, 2026 01:14 p.m.
Navy Secretary Becomes Latest High-Profile Departure From Trump Administration

April 22, 2026 05:52 p.m.
Lawmakers Blast Plans to Send Afghans Who Helped U.S. to Congo

April 22, 2026 02:50 p.m.
Trump Says He’ll Extend the Ceasefire in Iran Indefinitely

April 21, 2026 04:51 p.m.
Iran War Drains ‘Finite’ Munitions as China Threat Looms, Commander Says

April 21, 2026 02:10 p.m.
Fiscal Hawks Prep for Battle Against Mammoth Pentagon Budget Request

April 17, 2026 06:00 a.m.
The Army Secretary and Members of Congress Embrace a Military Leader Hegseth Pushed Out

April 16, 2026 02:09 p.m.

Pete Hegseth Uses Religion to Declare American Press ‘Unpatriotic’

April 16, 2026 09:52 a.m.
Republicans Are Working Overtime to Keep Their Conference Together as Iran War Drags On

April 14, 2026 10:01 p.m.
Republicans Were Relieved Trump Deleted an Image of Himself as Jesus

April 13, 2026 08:05 p.m.
Trump Plans to Request $98 Billion in Supplemental Funds for Iran War and More

April 10, 2026 02:00 p.m.
U.S. Cadets Were Stuck in the Persian Gulf After Trump Bombed Iran

April 09, 2026 05:32 a.m.
Hegseth Declares ‘Overwhelming Victory’ in Iran During Tense Ceasefire

April 08, 2026 10:24 a.m.
The NATO Chief Is on an Alliance ‘Rescue Mission’ with Trump

April 08, 2026 05:45 a.m.
Trump Risks Disrupting Energy Markets for ‘Years’ With Strikes on Iran’s Infrastructure

April 07, 2026 05:45 a.m.