The U.S. military struck a drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Wednesday, killing two men it described as narco-terrorists, U.S. Southern Command said Thursday.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals handed the Trump administration a split decision, ruling 2-to-1 that while the administration can bar new transgender recruits from joining the military, it cannot force out the service members who are already serving.
The United States Army hit its recruiting goals for 2026 four months early, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared during a commencement speech at the United States Military Academy in West Point.
Two U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft flew over the American Embassy in Caracas on Saturday and landed in the parking lot, conducting the first military rapid-response exercise at the facility since elite U.S. forces captured former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January.
Three Senate Democrats filed a war powers resolution Thursday seeking to strip President Trump of the ability to use military force against Cuba without congressional authorization, drawing sharp pushback from Republicans who say the move would shield a regime that murdered American citizens.
President Donald Trump walked reporters through the East Wing construction site Tuesday, offering the most detailed public look yet at what is being built beneath the new White House ballroom: a complex stretching six stories underground, equipped with missile-resistant steel, drone defenses, a military hospital, and bomb shelters.
