Trump weighs buying the British-controlled Chagos Islands and their Indian Ocean military base, months after his Greenland bid collapsed.
Defense Secretary Hegseth uses a D-Day speech in Normandy to denounce an “invasion” of migrants on Europe’s beaches, then skips the main commemoration honoring the Allied dead.
North Korea rejects U.S. denuclearization push and vows to expand its nuclear arsenal a day before Chinese President Xi visits Kim Jong Un.
House committee votes along party lines to codify the Defense Department’s renaming as the Department of War, a change Trump ordered in September.
Defense Secretary Hegseth brings his wife and six children to France’s D-Day commemoration, straining his security detail during the Iran war.
Defense Secretary Hegseth cuts the Pentagon’s recognized faiths from 211 to 31, dropping Unitarian Universalists, humanists, and pagans.
U.S. forces shoot down Iranian drones and intercept missiles aimed at Bahrain and Kuwait as Tehran calls ceasefire talks deadlocked.
Federal planning commission keeps Trump’s 250-foot arch near Arlington Cemetery alive despite 1,700 mostly opposed comments, requesting more detail on height and air-traffic safety.
Trump administration sanctions Cuban President Díaz-Canel, his family, and the military as Rubio presses for regime change in Havana.
A U.S.-brokered Israel-Lebanon ceasefire falters as Hezbollah rejects it and Israeli strikes kill seven in southern Lebanon.
House votes 215 to 208 to halt the Iran war, but the measure still needs the Senate and may not legally bind Trump.
Secretary of State Rubio tells Congress that Greenland belongs to Denmark “for now,” as Trump’s envoy openly works to annex the island.
The Pentagon hires Elias Irizarry, who pleaded guilty to storming the Capitol on January 6, into a sensitive office running counterterrorism and hostage rescue missions.
U.S. and Iran trade new strikes as a senior Iranian commander calls renewed war inevitable, contradicting Trump’s claim that talks are advancing rapidly.
Defense Secretary Hegseth strikes at least seven Navy officers from a one-star promotion list chosen by senior admirals, leaving no women on the final slate.
Pentagon bars journalists from its press office by reclassifying the room as a secure facility for handling classified material, calling the move uncontroversial.
Federal appeals court rules Hegseth’s transgender military ban unconstitutional and blocks the discharge of active-duty troops, calling it driven by animus.
Iran suspends talks with the U.S. and opens a new front through Houthi allies, while Trump says negotiations continue at a rapid pace.
The U.S. military has quietly guided about 70 commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz in three weeks, most running dark to dodge Iranian attack.
Trump sends a third round of edits to the Iran ceasefire deal, demanding Tehran destroy its enriched uranium and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. fires a missile into a cargo ship breaking the Iran blockade a day after Trump said he would lift it.
U.S. military kills three in another eastern Pacific drug-boat attack as a Pentagon watchdog opens a review of the campaign’s legal basis.
U.S. general meets Cuban military officials at Guantanamo Bay as Trump squeezes the island with a fuel blockade.
Trump says he will lift the U.S. naval blockade of Iran and lays out deal terms that Iran calls false.
White House adviser Navarro pushed the Pentagon to fast-track a $620 million loan to Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth firm Trump Jr.’s venture fund had quietly invested in months earlier.
Dell wins a $9.7 billion Pentagon software contract after CEO Michael Dell pledged $6.25 billion to Trump’s signature children’s investment accounts.
Caribbean and Pacific drug-boat strikes have killed at least 199 since September after survivors of recent attacks were never found, the U.S. military says.
U.S. and Iran reach tentative 60-day ceasefire extension pending Trump’s approval as the two sides keep trading strikes.
Virginia Representative Beyer introduces a bill to block Trump’s 250-foot arch planned for his Northern Virginia district near Arlington National Cemetery.
U.S. kills two in second Pacific drug-boat strike in two days, raising campaign death toll to at least 196.
U.S. strikes Iran again during purported ceasefire, prompting Iranian retaliation against an American air base.
Iran says U.S. strikes during ceasefire killed four navy sailors as Qatar peace talks enter detail phase.
U.S. launches ‘self-defense’ strikes on Iran missile sites and mine-laying boats during ceasefire as Qatar peace talks continue.
Trump administration says Iran agreed in principle to dispose of highly enriched uranium under framework reopening Strait of Hormuz.
San Francisco becomes first major U.S. city without a primary immigration court after Trump purges 19 of 21 judges in one of the nation’s most asylum-friendly jurisdictions.
Four Russian Kosmos military satellites maneuver into co-planar orbits within striking distance of a Finnish-American radar satellite supplying Ukraine with surveillance imagery.
Trump administration prepares fresh Iran strikes as military and intelligence officials cancel Memorial Day plans and recall rosters activated overseas.
Trump deploys 5,000 additional troops to Poland citing his Nawrocki endorsement, weeks after pulling 5,000 from Germany over Merz’s criticism.
Trump ‘in no hurry’ to end Iran war as Revolutionary Guard threatens to attack beyond the Middle East if strikes resume.
Pentagon inspector general opens self-initiated evaluation of SOUTHCOM boat attacks that killed 190+ people across nearly 60 vessels since September.
Pentagon undersecretary Elbridge Colby pauses 86-year-old defense board with Canada, claiming Ottawa “failed to make credible progress” on its defense commitments.
New York Times sues Pentagon for second time in five months over Hegseth rule requiring escorts for journalists in the building.
Defense Secretary Hegseth campaigns for Trump-backed challenger to Rep. Massie a day before Kentucky primary, claiming “personal capacity” as private citizen.
Trump calls off Tuesday strike on Iran at Gulf Arab states’ request, latest deadline he set then walked back.
Trump plans South Lawn helipad to protect grass from new Marine One helicopter, latest physical alteration to the White House grounds in his second term.
Taiwan’s president pushes back after Trump suggests arms sales to the island could be a “negotiating chip” with China.
Two Navy electronic warfare jets collide midair at Idaho air show, all four crew eject safely as base scraps remainder of show.
Drone strike on UAE nuclear plant perimeter briefly forces reactor onto emergency diesel, first attack on facility since Iran war began.
USS Gerald R. Ford returns from longest carrier deployment in 50 years that spanned Maduro capture and Iran war.
