National Security

President Donald Trump listens as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks.

Bessent moves to military base due to Iranian assassination threat

Rena Rowe · November 11, 2026 8:16 am

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

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

Conservatives fear extremism in military debate is ‘political theater’ to target Christians

Abraham Mahshie March 24, 2021 9:11 pm

US touts renewed military drills after ‘low-end’ North Korean tests

Joel Gehrke March 23, 2021 11:19 pm

Immigrant children play inside the Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley on Saturday, June 23, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. Families, who have been processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, wait inside the facility before continuing their journey to cities across the United States.

HHS seeks to house migrant children at three US military bases

Abraham Mahshie March 23, 2021 9:01 pm

Marines fire commander after investigation into mass casualty training incident

Jake Dima March 23, 2021 6:51 pm

A World War II veteran and his guardian board a bus to depart Salt Lake City, Utah, on an honor flight trip to Washington, D.C., May 7, 2015. Nearly 50 veterans and their guardians made the trip to see the monument built in their honor.

Utah one of last states to rid taxes on military retiree benefits

Abraham Mahshie March 23, 2021 5:51 pm

‘We have NATO’: 21st-century coalitions emerge as Russia and China align against US allies

Joel Gehrke March 23, 2021 4:11 pm

At NATO, Blinken hints US hesitant to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by May 1 deadline

Jamie McIntyre March 23, 2021 11:04 am

Businessman allegedly tied to North Korean intel extradited to US for money laundering charges

Jerry Dunleavy March 23, 2021 2:00 am

Russia urges China to ditch US dollar in bid to bust sanctions

Joel Gehrke March 22, 2021 9:18 pm

Facing Chinese invasion fleet, Rodrigo Duterte kneels before Xi

Tom Rogan March 22, 2021 8:16 pm

A 229th Military Intelligence Battalion Soldier races to the finish of the sprint-drag-carry portion of the Army Combat Fitness Test at the Presidio of Monterey, Calif., Nov. 1, 2019.

Army admits gender-neutral fitness tests are not possible

Abraham Mahshie March 22, 2021 7:43 pm

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III walks with the commander of NATOâs Resolute Support Mission and U.S. Forces â Afghanistan, Army Gen. Scott Miller, at Resolute Support Headquarters, Kabul, Afghanistan, March 21, 2021.

Pressure mounts for Afghanistan withdrawal decision as NATO leaders convene

Abraham Mahshie March 22, 2021 7:05 pm