Cruz, who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, had threatened to subpoena the memo, but the army turned it over to the Senate Armed Services Committee, which then gave it to the Commerce ...

Hegseth directed Army leaders in a memorandum Wednesday to streamline force structure and overcome “parochial interests” to rebuild the military’s largest branch. “To build a leaner ...

The army last week refused a request from senators for the memo. Committee chair Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican, and Senator Maria Cantwell, the top Democrat on the panel, had demanded the army ...