The government is partially shut down, the president orders Defense Secretary James Mattis to leave his post immediately, and stock market turmoil continues. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe reports from ...

General Jim “Mad Dog” Mattis is among the most revered top brass of the U.S. Marine Corps, and apparently he’s something of an expert orator too. At a recent award dinner at the Marine Corps ...

Washington — Irritated with the criticism and fallout from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' resignation, President Donald Trump on Sunday pushed the Pentagon chief out the door two months earlier than ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis speaks during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2018. The day is observed every year on the third ...

Gen. James Mattis has not endorsed a candidate in the November presidential election. But he agrees with the warnings in Bob Woodward’s new book about the dangers of a second Trump presidency, ...

Journalist Bob Woodward revealed that former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis seconded his argument that former President Donald Trump is a “dangerous” threat to the country. Mattis worked briefly in ...

The retired general is a contender to be defense secretary. — -- President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday night that he will "appoint" retired Marine Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis to be his ...

President Trump tweeted Thursday that Defense Secretary James Mattis will retire at the end of February 2019. The announcement comes just one day after the decision to withdraw troops from Syria. Gabe ...

Jim Mattis is a worthy successor to the only previous general officer to serve as Secretary of Defense, General George C. Marshall. Mattis shares Marshall’s deep knowledge of history, his strategic ...

With the U.S. presidential election about a month away, analysts and pundits continue to speculate about who Harris or Trump will bring into their administrations. Yet, one crucial point overlooked ...