National Security

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, left, and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, right, during a news conference in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026.

FAA lifts nationwide ground stop following historic halt on all air travel

Anna Giaritelli · November 13, 2026 8:51 pm

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent answers questions during a press briefing.

Bessent confirms he’s moved to military base, blames the Wall Street Journal for printing location of house

A collage of Jensen Huang, Tim Scott, and Howard Lutnick

Sen. Tim Scott calls on Lutnick and Huang to testify over national security concerns

Trump

Scott Bessent becomes the fifth Trump official to move on to a military base. Here’s who else has moved

President Donald Trump listens as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks.

Bessent moves to military base due to Iranian assassination threat

Austin announces military package to Ukraine during visit to Kyiv

Mike Brest November 20, 2023 8:16 pm

Israel’s justified action at Shifa Hospital

Tom Rogan November 20, 2023 6:41 pm

Israel questions why UN and international agencies have not condemned Hamas use of hospitals

Mike Brest November 20, 2023 6:18 pm

In this image taken from a video released by the Israel Defense Forces, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, an Israeli military spokesman, points to a cache of weapons the IDF says were found in an MRI center at the Shifa hospital in Gaza City.

Doctor who worked at Gaza’s Shifa Hospital says some areas were off-limits

Mike Brest November 20, 2023 3:57 pm

Austin in Kyiv: US will ‘stand with Ukraine … now and into the future’

Jamie McIntyre November 20, 2023 12:07 pm

The Galaxy Leader is seen at the port of Koper, Slovenia on Sept. 16, 2008. Yemen's Houthi rebels seized the Israeli-linked cargo ship Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in a crucial Red Sea shipping route, officials said, taking over two dozen crew members hostage and raising fears that regional tensions heightened over the Israel-Hamas war were playing out on a new maritime front.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels hijack an Israeli-linked ship in the Red Sea and take 25 crew members hostage

Associated Press November 20, 2023 3:02 am

Secretary of the Army Mark Esper leaves the Meuse-Argonne cemetery, northeastern France, after a remembrance ceremony, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018.

Esper says US retaliation strikes against Iranian proxies in Syria not ‘forceful enough’

Mike Brest November 19, 2023 11:00 am

Joe Biden and Qatari Emir discuss ‘urgent need’ for Hamas hostages to be released

Mike Brest November 17, 2023 8:39 pm

Palestinian civilians in Gaza face ‘immediate possibility of starvation,’ WFP says

Mike Brest November 17, 2023 3:46 pm

It’s Obama’s Middle East mess

Sean Durns November 17, 2023 11:15 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

US and China agree to restart military communications after Biden-Xi meeting

Mike Brest November 17, 2023 9:53 am

A supporter of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group waves a Palestinian flag with Arabic words that read: "Jerusalem we are coming," as she waits the speech of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a rally to commemorate Hezbollah fighters who were killed in South Lebanon last few weeks while fighting against the Israeli forces, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.

Romanticizing terror

Dominic Green November 17, 2023 7:35 am