National Security

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

Claire Carter · November 2, 2026 8:43 pm

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

Nvidia defends CEO’s ties to executive accused of aiding Chinese intelligence

A prisoner with MS-13 gang tattoos

Trump officials taking more steps to fight cartels with national security tools

Israel assessing Hamas claim that youngest hostage and family members were killed

Mike Brest November 29, 2023 5:54 pm

Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine who was arrested for alleged spying, listens to the verdict in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Monday, June 15, 2020.

Paul Whelan assaulted in Russian prison, brother says

Mike Brest November 29, 2023 4:35 pm

Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, who was held hostage in Gaza after being abducted during Hamas's bloody Oct. 7 attack on Israel, speaks to members of the press a day after being released by Hamas militants, at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Israeli hostage, 85, confronted Hamas chief and told him he should be ‘ashamed of himself’

Mike Brest November 29, 2023 4:15 pm

One dead in US military Osprey crash off southern Japan

Mike Brest November 29, 2023 3:50 pm

Democrats and Republicans at loggerheads over attaching strings to funding for Israel and Ukraine

Jamie McIntyre November 29, 2023 12:12 pm

Russia ‘using migration’ to pressure NATO as Israel-Hamas war heightens terrorism threat

Joel Gehrke November 29, 2023 9:00 am

A person is dressed in a U.S. Air Force uniform and stands in front of an American flag.

Military pilots getting updated eyewear to protect against increasing laser threats

Mike Brest November 28, 2023 10:49 pm

Israeli protesters in Tel Aviv call for the release of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas on Tuesday.

Israel war: Hamas releases latest group of a dozen hostages

Mike Brest November 28, 2023 7:53 pm

Wife of Ukraine’s spy chief poisoned, officials say

Joel Gehrke November 28, 2023 7:28 pm

Elon Musk (left) visits Israel and meets with leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center). Musk traveled to some of the communities where the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks took place.

Musk calls for change in education in Gaza: ‘Fed propaganda since they were children’

Mike Brest November 28, 2023 6:35 pm

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attends an event to deliver weapons to local volunteer security group members in Ashkelon, Israel, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.

Israeli hard-liner calls for ripping up of shaky truce after clashes break out in Gaza

Mike Brest November 28, 2023 4:02 pm

Palestinians look for survivors under the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023.

US airplanes to arrive in Egypt’s Sinai with humanitarian aid for Gaza

Mike Brest November 28, 2023 3:13 pm