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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced the 15 individuals who will make up the new Defense Policy Board, just over a year after the...
The U.S. military said it conducted strikes against Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar locations on Friday, a day after Tehran...
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The U.S. military is working with the State Department and is rushing aid to Venezuela after powerful twin earthquakes hit the country overnight,...
The White House on Wednesday officially asked Congress for $87.6 billion in supplemental funding to pay for the Iran war, curtail the ongoing Ebola...
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed in Alaska on Monday during a training flight with four people aboard, the U.S. Coast Guard announced....
Vice President Vance said on Monday that Iran will allow nuclear inspectors back into its country as negotiations between Washington and Iran continue...
More than 160 troops have contracted influenza at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas in the past few weeks following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's...
A flu outbreak has hit Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas with more than 160 troops contracting influenza, about two months after Defense...
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the chair of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, said Thursday he was "concerned" the U.S.-negotiated...
The U.S. military lifted its naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S., Iran and intermediaries signed the Memorandum of Understanding...
President Trump on Wednesday defended letting Iran maintain its large arsenal of ballistic missiles when discussing the emerging deal with Iran to...
President Trump said on Tuesday that he would send the deal to end the war with Iran and open nuclear discussions with Tehran to Congress for...
The agreement between the U.S. and Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and kick-start 60 days of nuclear negotiations is set to be signed in person...
The U.S. military will maintain its current force posture in the Middle East during the 60-day negotiation period with Iran, according to senior Trump...
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President Trump said Thursday that he canceled the forthcoming strikes and bombings against Iran, citing progress in discussions with Tehran’s...
The Pentagon went into lockdown Thursday over an air quality issue, prompting the department to execute a shelter-in-place order for the affected...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s targeted blocks on the promotions of officers in the Navy and Air Force have intensified scrutiny from former...
The U.S. military began launching another round of strikes Wednesday evening against multiple targets in Iran, less than an hour after Defense...
The U.S. military disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday after it said the vessel violated the ongoing U.S. naval blockade, the U.S....
An unmanned U.S. Navy surface vessel rescued the U.S. Army AH-64 Apache crew late Monday that went down near the Strait of Hormuz. The two crew...
The U.S. military disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Monday that it said was in violation of the U.S. Navy blockade, according to the U.S....
The U.S. military shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones on Friday that were heading toward the Strait of Hormuz and posed an imminent threat to...
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Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee moved to codify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “Department of War” name change during a...
The House Armed Services Committee adopted a provision for the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would demand the Pentagon inform...
The Pentagon’s top watchdog was named as the lead inspector who will probe the U.S.’s war with Iran, the Defense Department’s Office of...
The Trump administration has hired a convicted Jan. 6, 2021, rioter to work in the Pentagon’s office that oversees sensitive special operations and...
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said Friday that his country will cut the stay of the U.S. military aircraft in Sofia at the end of June after...
The Pentagon’s new $9.7 billion contract with Dell is raising questions about potential conflicts of interest after President Trump touted the...
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The United States and Iran reached a tentative agreement on Thursday to extend the shaky ceasefire in the Middle East and reopen the Strait of Hormuz,...
The U.S. military intercepted and shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones and struck an Iranian ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is headed to Asia this week, where he will attend the continent’s biggest defense forum as questions swirl about the...
Canada announced Wednesday that it would pick Swedish surveillance planes over U.S.-made options as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government looks to...
President Trump is facing growing pressure on multiple fronts to take action to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the key waterway in the Middle East, as...
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President Trump is nominating Jules “Jay” Hurst III to become the full-time Pentagon comptroller, according to a Wednesday notification to...
The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and its strike group arrived in the Caribbean this week amid U.S. tensions with Cuba and as President Trump has...
The U.S. military on Wednesday boarded an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman suspected of trying to violate the U.S. naval blockade by...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s latest attack against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is underscoring the alarm over the state of the U.S. military’s...
The Pentagon revealed the location of a U.S. Navy nuclear-armed submarine in a rare move a day after President Trump rejected the latest peace...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a rare boost last week to a bipartisan bill that key Republicans, including the chair of the Senate Armed Services...
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The U.S. military disabled an Iranian-flagged unladen oil tanker on Wednesday morning that attempted to breach the U.S. naval blockade, as Washington...
The Trump administration’s long-awaited counterterrorism strategy will put the focus on left-wing “violent secular” groups that officials argue...
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