Policy

President Donald Trump, right, and first lady Melania Trump, left, gesture to the crowd

Trump creates NIH women’s health office ahead of midterm elections

Gabrielle M. Etzel · October 19, 2026 12:34 pm

Oceanic manta rays swimming

Trump administration offers first-ever deep-sea mining leases near American Samoa

Post-it notes are placed behind a memorial for Charlie Kirk at the "Creators Deck" for the media, at the Republican convention Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Dallas.

Four in 10 undergraduate students say ‘offensive speech’ deserves prosecution: Poll

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

Thanks to Trump Accounts tweak, Musk can give every child SpaceX shares even if parents object

Detainees from Afghanistan sit in their cells at Camp X-Ray at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay.

Supreme Court backs Pentagon’s decision to revoke plea agreement with three alleged 9/11 plotters

Sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Stout handle mooring lines.

Pentagon looking for ‘middle school kids today’ to fill critical voids in defense industrial base

Mike Brest July 15, 2026 3:43 pm

A Freedom Fuel gas station.

Businessmen behind ‘Freedom Fuel’ gas stations that caused concern over subsidies

Claire Carter July 15, 2026 3:36 pm

President Donald Trump

WATCH LIVE: Trump attends Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit

Claire Carter July 15, 2026 2:35 pm

A general view of the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark on Monday, June 16, 2025, in New Jersey.

Canadian woman taken to Delaney Hall by ICE after slapping teenagers wearing Trump shirts

Claire Carter July 15, 2026 2:22 pm

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House during an executive order signing about quantum computing, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Washington.

Hegseth announces ‘High-T’ military initiative for testosterone testing and treatment

David Zimmermann July 15, 2026 2:05 pm

Collage of Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and nominee to lead the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Erica Schwartz.

Trump CDC and HHS nominees grilled over vaccines in confirmation hearing

Gabrielle M. Etzel July 15, 2026 1:29 pm

Photo of $1 Trump gold coins, released by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

US Treasury releases photos of $1 gold Trump coin

Britta Miller July 15, 2026 11:34 am

Daily on Defense

Trump’s face-saving pivot on charging to be ‘guardian angel’ of the Strait of Hormuz

Jamie McIntyre July 15, 2026 7:30 am

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrive at a Home Depot in Kenner, La., Dec. 3, 2025.

Trump says ‘we cannot give up’ on ICE vehicle stops after temporary halt

David Zimmermann July 15, 2026 7:21 am

President Donald Trump meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi

Trump turns to Iraq and Gulf allies to squeeze Iran

Mabinty Quarshie July 15, 2026 6:00 am

HSI agents.

Federal immigration agencies go full throttle after ‘birth tourism’ industry

Anna Giaritelli July 15, 2026 6:00 am

Dave McCormick

Dave McCormick plays matchmaker for hundreds of defense companies looking to gain warfighting edge

Mike Brest July 14, 2026 8:11 pm