How Trump’s 2025 'War' Agenda Rewired the Pentagon Trump’s 2025 executive actions reshape how the current administration defines national security.
Trump Indicates the US ‘Hit’ a Facility That He Tied to Alleged Drug Boats President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. has “hit” a facility in South America as he wages a pressure campaign on...
U.S. Military Escalates Pacific Boat Strikes, Death Toll Tops 100 Lethal maritime strikes under "Operation Southern Spear" are expanding pressure on Venezuela and prompting heightened...
DEA Signals Broader Crackdown After Trump Calls Fentanyl 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' President Trump’s decision to reclassify fentanyl is reshaping the federal response to the drug, giving law enforcement...
US Military Says 2 Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats Kill 5 in Eastern Pacific The U.S. military says that it conducted two more strikes Thursday against boats it said were smuggling drugs in the eastern...
US Military Says Strike on Alleged Drug Boat Kills 4 in Eastern Pacific The U.S. military says it attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four people.
House Rejects Resolutions to Limit Trump’s Campaign Against Venezuela and Drug Cartels The House has rejected a pair of resolutions that would put a check on President Donald Trump’s power to use military force...
U.S. Strikes Three Boats in the Pacific, Raising Legal and Evidentiary Questions About a Militarized Drug War U.S. strikes on three boats in the Pacific highlight a shift toward treating drug trafficking as armed conflict rather than...
The US Labels Another Latin American Cartel a Terrorist Group as the Anti-Drug War Escalates The Trump administration has designated another Latin American drug cartel as a foreign terrorist group, increasing financial...
Colombia Says ELN Rebels Killed 2 Police Officers as They Protest US Military Build Up Colombian police report that two officers have been killed in Cali in an attack by the National Liberation Army, or ELN.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
Troops Will Miss Paychecks Next Week Without Action on the Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families, because those in uniform...
