Tag: National Security

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.

Hegseth brings back Fort Benning name with new namesake

Mike Brest · March 3, 2025 3:54 pm

Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, as President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington.

Trump blasts Zelensky for saying ceasefire is ‘very, very far away’

Mike Brest · March 3, 2025 2:18 pm

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.

Hegseth issues pause on cyber offensive operations against Russia

Mike Brest · March 3, 2025 1:28 pm

Jets scramble to confront civilian planes in Mar-a-Lago’s restricted airspace

Jenny Goldsberry · March 2, 2025 9:22 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks as he attends a ceremony to launch new air and road infrastructure facilities in various regions via videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024.

Is Putin willing to end or pause the Ukraine war?

Mike Brest · February 28, 2025 4:31 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) and Vice President JD Vance meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House on February 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump and Zelensky are meeting today to negotiate a preliminary agreement on sharing Ukraine’s mineral resources that Trump says will allow America to recoup aid provided to Kyiv while supporting Ukraine’s economy.

European leaders rally behind Ukraine following Trump-Zelensky clash

Mike Brest · February 28, 2025 4:11 pm

President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen.

Trump eases requirements on military raids and airstrikes

Mike Brest · February 28, 2025 12:12 pm

The US plastics industry is a strategic asset

Sarah Hunt · February 28, 2025 9:27 am

Trump’s flood tide of diplomacy

Hugo Gurdon · February 28, 2025 6:05 am

Does Trump even need a Joint Chiefs chairman?

Jamie McIntyre · February 28, 2025 5:50 am

Three Navy Destroyers at sea with their American flags raised. (MC1 Denny Cantrell/U.S. Navy)

For love of country

Trent Reedy · February 27, 2025 11:10 pm

John Phelan, President Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of the Navy, appears before a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Trump’s pick to lead Navy stresses ‘urgency’ in fixing shipbuilding problems

Mike Brest · February 27, 2025 6:52 pm