National Security

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a campaign rally with President Donald Trump at Alico Arena on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University.

US likely to lose its measles elimination status this week

Gabrielle M. Etzel · November 9, 2026 2:08 pm

Workers continue to deploy large buoys to be used as a border barrier along the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. The floating barrier is being deployed in an effort to block migrants from entering Texas from Mexico.

Greg Abbott spent years fortifying the Texas border. Gina Hinojosa could undo it all

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll testifies before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the budget request of the Department of the Army, on Capitol Hill, Friday, May 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

OpenAI hires ex-Army Secretary Dan Driscoll two months after Pentagon exit

A Border Patrol agent's yellow-and-black patch on their arm of uniform is seen while they hold a news conference.

Federal police investigating fatal shooting in Laredo, Texas, involving Border Patrol: Report

Map showing the location of Pickaxe Mountain in Iran.

Why Trump is not going to use a nuclear weapon against Iran

Lara Trump, daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump listens to Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Trump, speak during a news conference on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Philadelphia.

WATCH: Lara Trump responds live to report on nuclear documents search at Mar-a-Lago

Misty Severi August 12, 2022 1:18 am

White House says ‘it would not be appropriate’ to comment on FBI search for nuclear documents

Daniel Chaitin August 12, 2022 1:02 am

The President Trump version of the nuclear posture review has been criticized by some arms control advocates for lowering the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons, and adding more low-yield weapons to the arsenal, which in theory could be used in a "limited" nuclear strike. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

FBI agents in Trump Mar-a-Lago raid sought nuclear weapons documents: Report

Misty Severi August 12, 2022 12:20 am

America can no longer afford our comforting lies about Taiwan

Dominic Green August 11, 2022 11:00 pm

John Bolton ‘embarrassed’ by the low price offered to assassinate him

Asher Notheis August 11, 2022 6:24 pm

Chinese diplomat says Ukraine war portends Beijing’s victory over Taiwan

Joel Gehrke August 11, 2022 6:24 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. Drones are often called the weapon of choice of the Obama administration, which quadrupled drone strikes against al-Qaida targets in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas, up from less than 50 under the Bush administration to more than 220 in the past three years. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

US military says it killed four al Shabaab terrorists in Somalia in three drone strikes

Mike Brest August 11, 2022 3:06 pm

Ukrainian commandos destroy 9 Russian warplanes in stealth strike deep into Crimea

Jamie McIntyre August 11, 2022 11:14 am

F-22 fighter jets fly off the wing of a civilian airplaneover a mountainous area of Alaska.

Russia’s hidden messages in Alaska air defense zone intrusions

Tom Rogan August 10, 2022 6:34 pm

Texas state troopers returned 3,900 illegal immigrants to border

Anna Giaritelli August 10, 2022 5:06 pm

Justice Department unseals indictment against Iranian official for plotting John Bolton assassination

Tom Rogan August 10, 2022 4:41 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. actor Steven Seagal shake hands in Vladivostok.

Steven Seagal pushes Russian propaganda, says Ukraine hit POWs in Donbas

Mike Brest August 10, 2022 3:15 pm