Defense

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Starshield systems unlocked in Ukraine after uproar about military restrictions

Emily Hallas · October 24, 2026 9:40 am

Pete Hegseth

Hegseth announces dismantling of Chinese ‘sleeper organizations’ at universities

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions before his meeting with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday Oct. 22, 2026.

Zelensky: US, Ukraine, and Russia will hold trilateral talks in early November but it ‘all depends on the Russians’

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 35th Fighter Wing taxis towards the runway in support of Beverly Sunrise 27-01 at Misawa Air Base, Japan.

Pentagon and Lockheed Martin finalize framework for 10-year deal for 850 F-35 aircraft

President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks outside the West Wing of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, in Washington.

The Trump administration’s evolving Starshield deflection

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington.

Trump’s order to bring National Guard to DC part of pattern that could continue

Mike Brest August 12, 2025 2:02 pm

Trump laying the groundwork to blame Zelensky for Putin’s intransigence, and walk away from peace process

Jamie McIntyre August 12, 2025 7:38 am

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington.

Hegseth says he’s ‘not tipping’ his hand on US troop deployment to Mexico

Brady Knox August 11, 2025 9:52 pm

Escalating China-Philippines tensions crystallized by China warship collision

Tom Rogan August 11, 2025 3:23 pm

Trump’s Russia sanction deadline comes and goes with a whimper

Mike Brest August 11, 2025 2:23 pm

As winds of war shift in Ukraine, Zelensky feels the cold draft of isolation

Jamie McIntyre August 11, 2025 7:39 am

Sheinbaum insists no US ‘invasion’ of Mexico as Trump sends military after cartels

Mike Brest August 8, 2025 3:42 pm

A U.S. Air Force F-15EX Eagle II, F-15E Strike Eagle, and two F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets from Eglin Air Force Base perform a flyover during the national anthem before an NCAA college football game between Florida and Georgia, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Jacksonville, Florida.

Air Force denies retirement pay for some discharged transgender service members

Mike Brest August 8, 2025 12:45 pm

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Germany ceases all exports of arms designated for use in Gaza

Molly Parks August 8, 2025 11:21 am

Trump says it’s up to Putin to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine

Jamie McIntyre August 8, 2025 7:50 am

Metal cubes representing rare earth elements.

China’s stranglehold on rare earth elements threatens America’s national security

Jamie McIntyre August 8, 2025 5:55 am

Netanyahu: Israel intends to control all of Gaza before handing it to ‘Arab forces’

Mike Brest August 7, 2025 2:15 pm