Just one day after the House Armed Services Committee’s Democratic chairman rejected the Trump administration’s Space Force proposal and said he would instead look for “other options,” acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and the Pentagon’s general and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said they strongly support it.
The powerful chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee is urging the White House to nominate a permanent secretary of defense “soon.”
Vice President Mike Pence reaffirmed America’s commitment to Israel’s national security Monday after a rocket attack left several injured in their home.
Patrick M. Shanahan’s success in the corporate world may soon cost him in the political one.
With the Islamic State’s once-extensive caliphate now in ruins, the hunt is now on for the terror group’s elusive leader — Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Special counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence that anyone connected with President Trump or his 2016 campaign conspired with Russia to subvert the election, according to a summary of his findings released Sunday by Attorney General William P. Barr.
Another Mississippi man charged in a fraud case that prosecutors say reaped more than $200 million from a federal military health insurer and others has pleaded guilty.
A new migrant caravan of about 2,500 people was making its way through southern Mexico on Tuesday, headed for the U.S. border, facing greater heat - and a much cooler welcome - than last year's caravans.
The Trump administration is coming under increasing pressure to nominate someone to lead the Pentagon, nearly three months after President Donald Trump's first secretary of defense, Jim Mattis, resigned in a policy dispute.
With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu locked in a tight race for re-election, the Hamas militant group has suddenly emerged as a major vulnerability for the Israeli leader.
The collusion question now answered, another one looms ahead of 2020: Will U.S. elections be secure from more Russian interference?
The Latest on Congress and President Donald Trump's border wall (all times local):
Kosovo's Defense Ministry says military personnel have resumed the annual process of clearing the country of land mines.
Algeria's powerful army chief said Tuesday he wants to trigger the constitutional process that would declare President Abdelaziz Bouteflika unfit for office, after more than a month of mass protests against the ailing leader's long rule.
Algerian army chief calls for official move to declare President Abdelaziz Bouteflika unfit for office.
An explosive device and loaded handgun found in Maryland over the weekend have been linked to a stalking case in which the suspect died by suicide in open court - nearly two decades ago.
The Latest on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (all times local):
The Democratic-led House failed Tuesday to override President Donald Trump's first veto, salvaging his effort to steer billions of extra dollars to erecting border barriers and delivering a victory to the White House in a constitutional and political clash that's raged for months.
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has authorized the Army Corps of Engineers to begin planning and building 57 miles of 18-foot-high fencing in Yuma, Arizona, and El Paso, Texas, along the U.S. border with Mexico.
