Politics Sep 02 Driscoll offers no reason for his exit as Army secretary but says Wednesday is his last full day Dan Driscoll has announced that his last full day as U.S. Army secretary is Wednesday, but his social media post offered no explanation for why he is stepping down after 18 months as the service's civilian leader.
World Sep 01 U.S. military says it completed new strikes against Iran, as Trump warns against retaliation The renewed fighting comes after President Donald Trump had appeared to pivot toward trying to bend Iran to his will through economic sanctions.
Politics Sep 01 Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, White House says No reason was given for the departure of Driscoll, who is a friend of Vice President JD Vance, but tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been widely reported.
Nation Aug 31 U.S. has no plans to send troops to the polls in November, Gen. Caine says The highest-ranking officer in the U.S. military says there are no plans to send troops to polling places during November’s midterm congressional elections.
Politics Aug 31 Treasury Department blocks certain journalists from covering G20 meeting The New York Times said in a statement that denying American journalists access to an event in the U.S. is “not just another disturbing effort by the administration to undermine independent journalism, but a blatant attempt to evade public scrutiny.”…
World Aug 30 U.S. strikes Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks The fighting comes just days after the Trump administration said it would turn its focus to increasing economic pressure — rather than military action — to try to end its war with Iran.
World Aug 27 AP exclusive: U.S. Patriot missile stocks in Europe 'beyond critical' due to Iran war, officials say The U.S. military is experiencing a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, a U.S. defense official in Europe and a NATO official told The Associated Press, raising concerns about…
Politics Aug 18 Sen. Slotkin presses Hegseth, Caine to commit to keeping U.S. military out of the midterm elections “I’d ask you to confirm a simple statement: the Department of Defense will not send Federal troops to the polls or to seize election materials of any kind,” Slotkin wrote to Hegseth and to Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of…
World Aug 15 U.S. pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran and the Western Hemisphere The USS George Washington is departing the Pacific and expected to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East amid growing concerns about mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed carrier.
Politics Aug 11 Former U.S. Marine held in Russia for more than 4 years has been released, advocates say Before he was flown out of Russia, Robert Gilman had been in “a dissociative stupor” for 47 days due to the abuse he has suffered in prison.