Tag: National Security

FILE - This frame grab from footage circulating on social media shows protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire as they take to the streets despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP, File)

Iranian protests testing Tehran’s grip on power unlike previous rounds

Mike Brest · January 14, 2026 2:07 pm

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, a 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron B-1B Lancer deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing prepares to taxi on April 13, 2018, and launch a strike mission from Al Udeid AIr Base, Qatar, in support of the multinational response to Syria's recent use of chemical weapons. Two B-1Bs, deployed to Al Udeid AB from Ellsworth AFB, S.D., employed 19 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER), marking the first combat employment of the weapon.

Qatar readies for possible Iranian military action targeting US forces

Mike Brest · January 14, 2026 12:04 pm

Vice President JD Vance takes questions from reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House.

Vance Secret Service agent suspended after disclosing ‘sensitive security info’ in undercover video

Emily Hallas · January 14, 2026 11:03 am

President Donald Trump gestures as he walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House.

Trump posits Greenland ‘vital’ for Golden Dome system as Rubio meets Danish officials

Emily Hallas · January 14, 2026 8:52 am

Containers of fentanyl pills at a Drug Enforcement Administration research laboratory.

Reduced fentanyl supply likely contributed to drop in US overdoses: Study

Mike Brest · January 13, 2026 3:33 pm

A side by side of President Donald Trump and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

What are Trump’s military options for Iran?

Mike Brest · January 13, 2026 12:52 pm

The new administration is launching a 90-day review of the federal government's cybersecurity posture, but leadership of that process is unclear.

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

We are already in a cyberwar. Will we shape it or simply continue reacting to it

Rep. Andy Ogles · January 13, 2026 9:00 am

Rep. Randy Fine, R-South Brevard County, closes on a gambling bill.

Florida Republican pushes to make Greenland 51st state in bill seeking ‘sovereignty’ over territory

Emily Hallas · January 12, 2026 5:21 pm

Mark Kelly speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth

Mark Kelly sues Hegseth and Pentagon over possible retirement grade reduction

Mike Brest · January 12, 2026 2:30 pm

Dave McCormick and his wife, Dina Powell McCormick

Dina Powell McCormick named Meta president and vice chairwoman

Claire Carter · January 12, 2026 11:02 am

President Donald Trump salutes as he attends a military parade commemorating the Army's 250th anniversary

Make Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget a reality

Washington Examiner · January 11, 2026 5:00 am

A B-2 bomber arrives at Whiteman Air Force Base Mo., Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/David Smith)

‘Wake-up call!’: Alford sounds alarm after Chinese illegal immigrant charged in spying scandal

Claire Carter · January 9, 2026 3:38 pm