Tag: National Security

Russian soldiers prepare a drone for an action in an undisclosed location in Ukraine

European leaders warn Russian direct and hybrid warfare is intensifying

Mike Brest · October 5, 2025 6:00 am

FILE - The Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, sits docked after arriving to its home port in Miami, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas is leaving South Florida on Saturday, Jan. 27, for its first seven-day island-hopping voyage through the tropics. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Cruise ships present concerning new front for drug smuggling

Anna Giaritelli · October 5, 2025 5:00 am

FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro points at a map of the Americas during a new conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas), File

US strikes vessel off Venezuelan coast killing four, Hegseth says

Mike Brest · October 3, 2025 1:45 pm

Senior military leaders gathered at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, Sept. 30, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump and Hegseth seek a stop to identity politics undercutting military effectiveness

Mackubin Thomas Owens · October 3, 2025 5:57 am

War Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks onstage in front of an American flag.

Pete Hegseth’s command performance

Jamie McIntyre · October 3, 2025 5:30 am

President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

What ‘peace through strength’ really means

Michael Lucchese · October 3, 2025 4:10 am

This image realeased by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia. (U.S. Navy via AP)

How the UK bullied itself into giving away the Chagos Islands

Yuan Yi Zhu · October 3, 2025 1:05 am

Border patrol agent Pete Bidegain looks from a hilltop on the U.S. side of the US-Mexico border in Nogales, Ariz., June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)

House GOP presses Democrats over national security in shutdown fight

Anna Giaritelli · October 2, 2025 5:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

World awaits Hamas response to peace ‘ultimatum’ as isolated terrorist group runs out of options

Mike Brest · October 1, 2025 5:57 pm

Cargo containers fill a ship at the Port of Oakland.

If everything is a national security threat, nothing is

Washington Examiner · October 1, 2025 5:00 am

Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.

CCP member cut check to support Arizona governor shortly after she vetoed anti-China legislation

Robert Schmad · September 30, 2025 3:56 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to a gathering of top U.S. military commanders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Quantico, Va.

Trump says he told Hegseth military should use US cities as ‘training grounds’

Mike Brest · September 30, 2025 12:02 pm