Trump tells Kentucky rally the Pentagon will invest $100 million in drugmaker Antheia to revive a Winchester plant “if the Republicans win” the midterms.
Saudi Arabia downs two Iran-backed Houthi ballistic missiles and a Riyadh-bound drone, a week after a missile killed 13 at the capital’s airport.
Interior Department’s final plans for Trump’s 250-foot arch omit the drones, snipers and ammunition he said it would house, ahead of possible Nov. 5 approval.
Strait of Hormuz shipping attacks hit busiest month since March, with one ship sunk, after Trump rejected Iran’s offer to end the war, monitor says.
Trump cancels Defense Secretary Hegseth’s plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter Hasan’s firing squad execution, as poll shows 8 in 10 Americans opposed it.
White House and Pentagon ready plans to hit Iran with “mother of all bombs,” a week after Trump promised no attack before the midterms.
Appeals court weighs Trump’s power to keep National Guard in DC, after video showed troops stationed beside ballot drop boxes.
Anti-war protesters interrupt Defense Secretary Hegseth four times in five minutes at an Army panel on his planned four-star autonomous warfare command.
Attacks on ships near Strait of Hormuz hit wartime high of at least 10 since Sunday, after traffic recovered to 80% of prewar levels.
Archbishop for US military directs Catholic soldiers to seek exemption from Fort Hood shooter Hasan’s firing squad after meeting Pope Leo.
Iran-backed Houthis threaten “swift and painful” response if US joins Saudi strikes, after a week of Riyadh airport attacks killed at least 20.
Trump says US “may” join Saudi Arabia’s fight against Iran-backed Houthis after a Riyadh airport strike kills 12, including an American.
Senate Democrats’ inspectors find 445 government workers and zero jailed immigrants at Guantánamo in August, after more than $100 million spent on the operation.
Vance doubts Fort Hood shooter Hasan’s firing squad execution will be livestreamed, a day after Defense Secretary Hegseth promised the public could watch.
USS Lincoln returns to San Diego after 322 days as Defense Secretary Hegseth tells the crew he twice signed orders extending its Iran war deployment.
Defense Secretary Hegseth says the public can watch Nidal Hasan’s firing squad execution at 1 p.m. the Thursday after Thanksgiving, matching his Fort Hood attack that killed 13.
Trump promises no attacks on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterms as a congressional report counts 81 US military aircraft lost or damaged in the war.
Defense Secretary Hegseth awards the USS Lincoln a Presidential Unit Citation a day before its return from a record deployment marked by eight suicide attempts.
Army schedules Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan’s firing squad execution for Dec. 3 at the base where he killed 13, a day after Trump’s approval.
US military confines Okinawa troops to base for 48 hours and imposes a monthlong curfew after a Marine’s arrest in a Japanese woman’s killing.
ICE knew an Army study found shock gloves cause intense pain and fear before signing a $16.7 million deal for 6,000 pairs, records show.
US official says Iran-linked plot targeting Britain’s RAF Fairford aimed to kill as many American troops as possible, and UK police arrest a seventh suspect.
Trump approves firing squad for Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 at Fort Hood, in what would be the first US military execution in 65 years.
US kills four in a Caribbean boat strike, the first since a UN expert found grounds to call the campaign a crime against humanity.
Trump names intelligence director Clayton to lead an AI “Super Intelligence Force,” after tech leaders sought regulation and got a nonbinding self-regulation pact.
US rushes B-1 bombers out of Britain’s RAF Fairford, some leaving while refueling tankers were still scrambling, a week after terror arrests nearby.
Defense Secretary Hegseth calls the US Hormuz blockade “ironclad” after two vessels crossing the strait are struck in two days.
US sends the Theodore Roosevelt carrier group and an amphibious group to the Middle East, which could put three carrier groups and 20,000 forces there.
Democrats sue Pentagon for dropping citizens who never lived in the US from overseas voter forms, as Republicans sue to block their votes.
Defense Secretary Hegseth announces a Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs giving chaplains “a direct line” to him, as religious freedom groups warn of Christian nationalism.
Trump says the US will win the Iran war “right after the election,” when strikes could resume, as a third carrier heads to the region.
Pentagon excludes Britain, France and the Baltic states, all big defense spenders, from a NATO planning meeting in Poland.
Federal judge orders the Pentagon to give him the secret Justice Department memo justifying boat strikes that have killed more than 200 people.
Defense Secretary Hegseth announces a combatant command for drone and robot warfare and a future-of-warfare study led by defense contractors Musk and Anduril founder Luckey.
Defense Secretary Hegseth stops military academies from granting civilian faculty tenure, saying “civilian academic norms” dilute their focus on “lethality.”
Defense Secretary Hegseth plans to cut general and admiral posts 20% by January, doubling last year’s cut, a year after his “fat generals” speech.
Trump administration denies plans to sell weapons to China, a day after US Ambassador Perdue said Trump asked President Xi if he’d buy some.
British police arrest five men suspected of preparing a terrorist act near RAF Fairford, the base US bombers use to strike Iran, evacuating 85 homes.
Trump asked China’s President Xi whether he wants to buy US weapons, Ambassador Perdue says, as Republicans and Democrats question delayed arms sales to Taiwan.
Trump won’t rule out more strikes on Iran before the midterms, saying “it’s possible” a day after rejecting Iran’s plan to reopen Hormuz.
Appeals court lets Pentagon blacklist Anthropic for barring Claude from autonomous weapons and mass surveillance, a month after a federal judge ruled the ban unconstitutional.
China’s President Xi says at the White House AI must always be “under human control,” two days after Trump mocked AI warnings at the UN.
Chinese authorities hold stealth-coated F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong in May, Bloomberg reports, as China’s President Xi visits Washington.
Navy discloses eight suicide attempts in the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group during an extended Iran war deployment Trump called “not nearly long enough.”
Defense Secretary Hegseth replaces career-record promotion boards for new generals and admirals with a “battlefield-style” test, without saying how it will be scored.
ProPublica reveals FBI agents sought a pay-to-play probe of Maine Sen. Collins’ dealings with a defense contractor donor before Trump’s purge killed it.
Trump tells UN the US will use military force “if necessary” against threats in the Western Hemisphere, calling Cuba an “absolutely failed state.”
Iran’s President Pezeshkian heads to the UN vowing to “firmly defend” Iran’s war positions, a day after two more Hormuz tankers are hit.
Trump says his proposed 250-foot arch near Arlington Memorial Bridge will become a military complex holding snipers, drones and ammunition at the military’s request.
Trump announces an “AI Force” modeled on Space Force and a new AI czar, days after calling technologists’ fears AI could destroy humanity a “hoax.”