Defense & Security

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ends an Obama-era program using Chinese coders to service DoD cloud systems.

The U.S. military scrambled fighter jets four times in under a week to track a Russian IL‑20 reconnaissance aircraft near Alaska’s ADIZ, testing America’s airspace vigilance.

In one of the most aggressive assaults of its war with Ukraine, Russia launched a strike near NATO with 614 drones, ballistic, and cruise missiles, striking deep into Ukraine and destroying an American-owned business less than an hour from two NATO borders.

President Donald Trump vowed that U.S. soldiers would not be on the ground in Ukraine.

President Trump's Department of Justice announced an indictment for Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, also known as "Barbecue," and Bazile Richardson, of a conspiracy to transfer funds from the United States to Cherizier to fund gang-related activities.

The Trump administration has commissioned the polar icebreaker USCGC Storis, marking a historic step in Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's "mission to transform the U.S. Coast Guard into a more agile, capable fighting force ready for the challenges of the 21st century," DHS announced.

The U.S. Army awarded medals to soldiers who addressed an active shooter incident at Georgia's Fort Stewart.

The Department of Defense announced that it has awarded millions of dollars to a company that will develop the nation's "first polymetallic deposit targeting near-term production of Scandium (Sc), Niobium (Nb), Titanium (Ti), and other critical minerals."

China’s abrupt restrictions on key critical minerals essential for U.S. defense production are disrupting supply chains and inflating costs.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has rejected the Pentagon inspector general’s review into his use of the Signal app, calling the probe “a sham, conducted in bad faith and with extreme bias,” according to a department spokesman.