Defense

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) speaks during an interview.

Rick Scott supports renewed bombing in Iran to accelerate regime change

David Zimmermann · October 20, 2026 4:43 pm

U.S. soldiers with 2d Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment, build a ground control station for electronic warfare at Vilseck, Germany, April 15, 2026. Soldiers worked alongside vendors to test new counter-unmanned aerial system technology for an upcoming exercise in Lithuania, Project Flytrap 5.0. Drones such as the Bumblebee and Purpose-Built Attritable Systems were used to test the new technology.

‘My real nightmares’: Evolving technology and weapons are changing military bases and future plans

Italy Milan Riots

Italy sending hundreds of soldiers into Milan to quell days of violent riots

Rescue workers walk in front of a residential building damaged by a Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)

‘Changes the balance of leverage’: Zelensky tries to hold on as Trump pressures him to concede

Volodymyr Zelensky and Pete Hegseth

Zelensky says Hegseth blocking missiles, still ‘no explanation’ for Starshield limits

President Donald Trump raises a fist.

Middle East anxiously awaits Trump decision on possible Iran operation

Mike Brest January 27, 2026 3:45 pm

U.S. military strike on suspected "narco-terrorist" boat in Caribbean Sea.

Families of two people killed in boat strike sue US

Mike Brest January 27, 2026 12:22 pm

Daily on Defense

NATO chief warns Europe it’s ‘dreaming’ if it thinks it can defend itself without the US

Jamie McIntyre January 27, 2026 7:19 am

FBI Director Kash Patel White House.

Gun groups split with Trump administration over Minnesota shooting

David Sivak January 26, 2026 7:10 pm

U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino walks with Federal agents outside a convenience store on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Greg Bovino relieved of duties overseeing Border Patrol operations with ICE

Anna Giaritelli January 26, 2026 6:48 pm

A side by side of President Donald Trump and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group now in Middle East ahead of possible Iran attack

Mike Brest January 26, 2026 1:37 pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, and Polish President Karol Nawrocki, right, shake hands as Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda looks at them after a joint press conference at the Presidential palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.

US security agreement for Ukraine is ‘100% ready’ to be signed: Zelensky

Mike Brest January 26, 2026 11:37 am

Daily on Defense

Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy vows to secure ‘access to key terrain’ in Western Hemisphere

Jamie McIntyre January 26, 2026 7:35 am

Collage of Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei, left, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, right.

Pentagon: Iran’s nuclear weapon ambitions remain despite Midnight Hammer airstrikes

Mike Brest January 23, 2026 10:07 pm

Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

US launches first drug boat strike of 2026, killing two and leaving one survivor

Molly Parks January 23, 2026 8:50 pm

A U.S. military vehicle in Syria before a meeting with the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.

Syrian infighting spotlights existing US troop presence

Mike Brest January 23, 2026 1:49 pm

President Donald Trump, right, meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during a meeting on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Britain leads condemnation of Trump’s NATO comments: ‘Insulting and appalling’

Mike Brest January 23, 2026 11:57 am