A legal memo that came out days before the U_S_ military operation against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro said such a move would “not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense” and would serve “important national interests."
Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging members of the military to resist “illegal orders” have confirmed that they're under investigation from the Trump administration.
The plane used by the U.S. military to strike an alleged drug-smuggling boat off Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft.
President Donald Trump promoted his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, as he tries to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are hurting Americans’ pocketbooks.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s AI engine inside the Pentagon network.
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly has sued the Pentagon over attempts to punish him for his warnings about illegal orders.
Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the federal government to stop surge by federal immigration authorities.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a football fan, now is quarterbacking President Donald Trump’s foreign policy team as it navigates particularly turbulent global waters, notably in Venezuela.
Venezuela's military says the U.S. operation to capture Nicolás Maduro resulted in dozens of casualties.
News organizations have gotten a rare “thank you” from the Trump administration for not putting its military action in Venezuela in jeopardy by reporting on it before it happened.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top officials have briefed leaders in Congress on the striking military operation in Venezuela.
After apparent months of planning, the U.S. strike that resulted in the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro unfolded swiftly over the weekend, with American forces converging on Caracas to arrest Maduro and his wife.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he’s censuring Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over the former Navy pilot’s participation in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders.
Legal questions are being raised about the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuela’s president and claims that it will “run” the South American country.
President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. has “hit” a dock facility along a shore as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela.
The United States airstrikes targeting militants affiliated with the Islamic State group in northwestern Nigeria are a major escalation of an offensive that Nigeria’s overstretched military has struggled with for years.
President Donald Trump has announced a bold plan for the Navy to build a new, large warship that he is calling a “battleship” as part of a larger vision to create a “Golden Fleet.”.
The Trump administration has launched military strikes in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two U.S. troops and an American interpreter almost a week ago.
A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum at a high rate out of step with the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hopeful but clear about the challenges facing the Trump administration’s Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas peace efforts.
The House has rejected a pair of resolutions that would put a check on President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels and the nation of Venezuela.
The Senate has given final passage to an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs.
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona says the Pentagon’s escalating investigation into his plea to troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to silence dissent within the military.
President Donald Trump’s top Cabinet officials overseeing national security are back on Capitol Hill as questions mount over the swift escalation of U.S. military force and deadly boat strikes in international waters near Venezuela.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly carrying cocaine in the Caribbean.
The U.S. military says it has attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people.
The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public image.
A U.S. Navy admiral who oversees military operations in Latin America has handed off command responsibilities as scrutiny increases over the Trump administration’s deadly strikes on alleged drug boats in the region.
President Donald Trump says the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina could be federally recognized through the National Defense Authorization Act the House plans to vote on this week.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's still weighing whether to release the full video of an attack on an alleged drug boat that killed two survivors.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are meeting their Australian counterparts for annual talks expected to focus on Indo-Pacific security and countering China’s increasing assertiveness in the region.
The Republican who leads the Senate Intelligence Committee says a video of a U_S_ military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean that killed two survivors of the initial attack shows “nothing remarkable."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has defended U_S_ military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats, saying President Donald Trump has the right to take military action “as he sees fit.”.
Members of Congress now know that the U.S. military fired upon two people clinging to the wreckage of a boat allegedly carrying drugs — and they want answers.
The Trump administration has built up a fleet of warships near Venezuela as American forces keep blowing up small boats accused of smuggling narcotics for drug cartels.
President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American country.
President Donald Trump has come out with a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America’s dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
A federal judge has ordered the release of Florida grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the transparency law President Donald Trump recently signed.
President Donald Trump has intensified his anti-immigrant rhetoric, calling Somali immigrants in the U.S. “garbage” during a Cabinet meeting.
U.S. Southern Command says it has conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, following a pause of almost three weeks.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. troops at risk by sharing sensitive military plans on his personal phone.
The New York Times is suing to try to stop the Pentagon from imposing new rules on journalists who cover the military.
A Navy admiral has told lawmakers that there was no “kill them all” order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the boat attack in the Caribbean, but the video of survivors being killed has alarmed lawmakers, That disclosure Thursday comes as Congress scrutinizes an attack on an alleged drug boat in international waters near Venezuela.
The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike.
The family of a Colombian man has filed a formal challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats.
The Pentagon’s watchdog has found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.
The Pentagon’s watchdog has found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.
The Pentagon press secretary has held her first briefing since most nonpartisan news outlets were replaced by friendly media representatives willing to accept new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
President Donald Trump says National Guard troops will be deployed to New Orleans, an announcement coming on the eve of a planned federal immigration crackdown in and around the city.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he did not want Somali immigrants in the U.S., saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on U.S. social safety net and add little to the United States.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is citing the “fog of war” in defending a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea in early September.
Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter and the publisher of Franklin the Turtle are disavowing the Trump administration's use of their work.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday defended the secondary strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, citing the “fog of war” as reason for his not seeing any survivors in the water when the strike was ordered and launched.
It's not often Pentagon officials hold briefings for the press, but they are this week — although outlets that reach millions of news consumers have been denied access.
The White House says a Navy admiral ordered a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and insists the September attack that has come under bipartisan scrutiny was lawful.
Lawmakers from both parties say they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea.
The charges against the man who authorities say shot two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died.
The president of the Dominican Republic says he has authorized the U.S. government to operate inside restricted areas in the Caribbean country to help in its fight against drug trafficking.
Top U.S. military officials are meeting leaders of Caribbean nations this week as the Trump administration has escalated its firepower in the region as part of what it calls a campaign against drug trafficking.
President Donald Trump’s administration has increased pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization.
President Donald Trump’s administration is promoting efforts to work with Nigeria’s government to counter violence against Christians.
The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as “potentially divisive” — a term that prompted outcry from lawmakers and advocates.
A draft report on reforms to the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been significantly reduced in size, according to three people familiar with the matter.
President Donald Trump says the U.S. “may be having some discussions” with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
A Pentagon official says the U.S. military's 20th strike on a boat accused of transporting drugs has killed four people in the Caribbean Sea.
The nonprofit CreatiVets is transforming a once-abandoned church in Nashville into a 24-hour arts center for veterans and a community hub.
President Donald Trump has become the first sitting president in nearly a half-century at a regular-season NFL game.
U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,700 flights Sunday mostly because of the government shutdown and the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce air traffic.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon is revamping how the military buys weapons, shifting the focus away from producing advanced and complex technology and toward products that can be made and delivered quickly.
Senate Republicans have rejected legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to launch an attack against Venezuela.
A day after Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since Donald Trump returned to the White House, the president is in Miami to speak at a forum of business leaders and global athletes about what he sees as his economic achievements.
Dick Cheney was at the center of a public debate over the laws of detention, interrogation and spying that endures more than two decades after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced yet another deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has praised South Korea’s plans to raise its military spending, saying the Asian ally will take a larger role in defending itself from North Korean threats.
President Donald Trump has suggested his outlook to the U.S.-China relationship with a six-word post on Truth Social.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has visited Vietnam to reaffirm a partnership focused on addressing the legacies of the Vietnam War.
U_S_ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Washington and Beijing will establish military-to-military communications channels, adding that bilateral ties between the countries have “never been better.”.
Federal judges have ruled that the Trump administration must continue funding SNAP during the government shutdown.
The U.S. Secretary of Defense has told his Chinese counterpart that Washington will "stoutly defend" its interests in the Indo-Pacific.
Military leaders have ordered the National Guard in every state to develop a “quick reaction force” of troops trained to deal with civil disturbances and riots that can be ready to deploy with just hours’ notice.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to provide dozens of lawyers to the Justice Department for temporary assignments in Memphis and near the U.S.-Mexico border that could run through next fall.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that the U.S. military has killed four people in a strike against a boat that was allegedly carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean.