Defense

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth turns to the camera for a tight smile.

Hegseth not being considered for Blackburn’s Tennessee Senate seat: Report

Molly Parks · November 5, 2026 7:32 pm

War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Hegseth posts defiant video message as impeachment and speculation about his future loom

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks before President Donald Trump at an event for Anduril Industries, Inc., at Sparrows Point Shipyard, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in Sparrows Point, Maryland.

Hegseth’s $1.5 trillion budget on life support after ‘bluenami’ midterm results

The D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto speaks during the D.C. Council hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget at the Wilson Building, City Hall, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Brooke Pinto calls on five Democratic governors-elect to pull National Guard troops from DC

President Donald Trump talks to reporters during a tour of White House Ballroom construction at the White House.

‘Midterms were lost when Trump started the war and then refused to finish it’: Tiana Lowe Doescher

Russian shelling kills nine, including baby, in Ukraine, official says

Victor I. Nava May 27, 2022 10:34 am

Russian troops walk at a destroyed part of the Illich Iron & Steel Works Metallurgical Plant in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 18, 2022.

Russia has ‘suffered a not-insignificant amount of attrition,’ Pentagon says

Mike Brest May 26, 2022 5:56 pm

In this March 7, 2017 photo, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Stratton steams through the eastern Pacific Ocean. The Stratton is one of the first US Coast Guard's national security cutters, the largest and most technologically advanced of the Coast Guard's new class of cutters.

Coast Guard to investigate claims of fumes aboard Carnival cruise ship: Report

Mike Brest May 26, 2022 2:19 pm

Volodymyr Zelensky and Henry Kissinger.

Zelensky blasts Kissinger and New York Times for suggesting appeasement deal with Russia

Victor I. Nava May 26, 2022 6:04 am

Robert Malley.

Biden administration in ‘indirect’ talks with Iran over detained Americans

Mike Brest May 25, 2022 9:23 pm

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, speaks during a media availability with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine.

US and allies launch war crime investigatory advisory group for Ukraine

Mike Brest May 25, 2022 8:25 pm

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing in Khimki, just outside Moscow, Russia, on Monday, June 27, 2022. Griner is to appear in court Monday for a preliminary hearing ahead of her trial.

Brittney Griner’s wife says Biden ‘has the power’ to bring her home

Mike Brest May 25, 2022 4:53 pm

U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Joseph Votel speaks at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, in Washington.

Former CENTCOM commander skeptical of counterterrorism strategy for Afghanistan

Mike Brest May 25, 2022 11:00 am

North Korea tests ‘nuclear detonation device’: Report

Victor I. Nava May 25, 2022 6:38 am

Ukraine stacking dead Russian soldiers in rail car, hopes to exchange for prisoners

Victor I. Nava May 25, 2022 5:39 am

North Korea conducts ballistic missile test

Mike Brest May 24, 2022 9:40 pm

In this Feb, 11, 2019 file photo, Iranian Revolutionary Guard members arrive for a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, or Freedom, Square, in Tehran, Iran.

Iran’s IRGC to remain on US terrorism list, Israeli prime minister says

Mike Brest May 24, 2022 9:37 pm