U.S. military

U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat kills 2, leaves 6 survivors, in the Caribbean

By Konstantin Toropin, Associated Press

The U.S. military has conducted another strike Sunday against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean on Sunday, immediately killing two people and leaving six survivors amid an ongoing campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America.

8 people presumed dead after B-52 bomber crashes at U.S. Air Force base in Southern California

By Christopher Weber, Konstantin Toropin, Associated Press

The plane crashed at around 11:20 a.m., the military said on the social platform X.

U.S. military says it has begun striking 'multiple targets' in Iran in latest escalation of tensions

By Associated Press

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military would strike Iran “hard” Wednesday night following threats for more strikes from Trump earlier in the day.

U.S.-Iran exchange of fire in Gulf tests fragile ceasefire

By Samy Magdy, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait that were intercepted early Saturday, Bahrain’s government said, and called on Tehran to halt attacks on Gulf neighbors that test a fragile ceasefire in the Middle East conflict.

Trump's troop reversals in Europe could cost taxpayers millions, officials say

By Emma Burrows, Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, Associated Press

The U.S. military is waiting for clarity from the Pentagon following President Donald Trump's back-and-forth on troop levels in Europe, upending the lives of military personnel and potentially costing taxpayers millions of dollars, two U.S. defense officials told The Associated Press.

Fact-checking U.S. military boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific as death toll passes 200

By Maria Briceño, PolitiFact

The U.S. military on May 30 struck another boat it said was engaged in "narco-trafficking operations" in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men and increasing the total death toll to 205 people.

Appeals court panel rules that transgender troops were illegally barred from U.S. military service

By Michael Kunzelman, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

A Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service, a divided panel of federal appeal court judges ruled on Monday.

U.S. says it stopped a merchant ship trying to breach blockade and reach Iran

By Konstantin Toropin, Associated Press

The U.S. military stopped a merchant vessel trying to break through its blockade of Iranian ports by firing a missile into its engine room, the U.S. Central Command said on Saturday.

Marines conduct rapid response exercise at U.S. Embassy in Venezuela's capital

By Associated Press

Two Marine Corps Osprey aircraft, which have characteristics of both a helicopter and a fixed-wing airplane, flew over the recently reopened U.S. Embassy in Caracas.