Key congressional leaders have floated the idea of trimming the number of generals and admirals in the armed forces. They say the ratio of high-ranking officers to enlisted personnel has ballooned out of control and might impede the readiness of the fighting force. Published January 29, 2023
Does the U.S. military have too many officers? Some Republican lawmakers say the answer is an unequivocal yes: "Brass bloat" is real. Published January 25, 2023
U.S. defense officials try to fend off criticism of a Western coalition that is taking increased fire for a reluctance to deploy its most advanced ground combat vehicles to the battlefield. Published January 22, 2023
Some Republicans looking for cuts in the massive U.S. military budget want to start at the top. Published January 22, 2023
Ukrainian leaders vented their frustrations with European allies, particularly Germany, on Thursday for refusing to send tanks to aid in Kyiv's war with Russia, while U.S. defense officials tried to fend off criticism of a Western coalition that is taking increased fire for its reluctance to deploy its most advanced ground-combat vehicles to the battlefield. Published January 19, 2023
The Pentagon's latest bombshell report found that most of those UFO encounters remain unexplained, with many of the strange craft exhibiting "unusual flight characteristics or performance capabilities." Published January 18, 2023
Hope for a cease-fire between Moscow and Kyiv faded further Monday as Ukrainian leaders vowed revenge for Russia's airstrike on an apartment building that killed at least 40 civilians. Published January 16, 2023
At least 40 people died in a Russian airstrike on an apartment building in the city of Dnipro over the weekend, Ukrainian officials said Monday, as rescue workers raced to save dozens still trapped beneath the wreckage and Kyiv vowed revenge for yet another Russian attack on civilians. Published January 15, 2023
It would be a stunning turn of events worthy of pro-wrestling television, complete with major geopolitical implications. Published January 12, 2023
U.S. military personnel reported 247 new UFO sightings between March 2021 and August 2022, officials said in a major report released Thursday, with some of the objects having "demonstrated unusual flight characteristics or performance capabilities" that cannot be explained. Published January 12, 2023
Iran will dispatch warships to the Panama Canal this year, Iranian officials vowed Thursday in a sign that Tehran seeks to expand its military footprint far beyond the Middle East and into America's backyard. Published January 12, 2023
Russia's unending war in Ukraine, North Korea's expanding nuclear weapons threats and China's increasing military moves toward Taiwan are among the complex global security challenges President Biden faces as he heads into the second half of his term in 2023. Published January 8, 2023
If implemented, it would mark the first cease-fire since the war began more than 10 months ago. Published January 5, 2023
It would be a remarkable resurgence for a terror group whose "caliphate" once controlled a broad swath of land in Iraq and Syria only to be routed by a U.S.-led counterterrorism campaign. Published January 5, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered Moscow's armed forces to hold a 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine this weekend for the Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday, the Kremlin said. Published January 5, 2023
The Biden administration and America's Pacific allies fear that Mr. Kim may soon order another nuclear weapons test, which would be the country's first since 2017 and a move that would plunge the peninsula and the broader region into the unknown. Published January 3, 2023
At least 63 Russian troops were killed by Ukrainian strikes in the Donetsk region on Monday, the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement confirming one of the deadliest, most effective attacks by Ukrainian forces since the war began in February. Published January 2, 2023
Some analysts warn that the foreign policy establishment in Washington is dangerously underplaying the risk that the Ukraine war could take a turn for the worse in 2023. Published December 29, 2022
Russia announced a ban on oil exports to Western powers Wednesday even as Kremlin officials seemed to keep the door cracked open to ceasefire talks over Moscow's nearly yearlong military invasion of Ukraine. Published December 28, 2022
Washington is still abuzz about the pre-Christmas visit last week by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who traveled outside his country for the first time since Russia's February invasion and met with President Biden at the White House. Published December 28, 2022
