US military kills four in Caribbean strike on a boat it says carried drugs, offering no evidence, bringing boat-strike deaths to at least 231.
State Department warns Americans in nine Middle East countries of potential “unforeseen escalation,” three days after Trump said “hopefully we’re toward the end” of the war.
US, Denmark and Greenland announce a defense deal banning Russian and Chinese bases, far short of Trump’s January demand for “complete and total control.”
Two tankers hit in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran claiming one, hours after Trump tells Axios his “big decision” could be to “annihilate” the regime.
State Department approves a potential $24 billion sale of 48 F-35s to Saudi Arabia over lawmakers’ warnings China could obtain the jet’s technology.
Pentagon issues mandatory testosterone screening for male service members over 30, delivering Hegseth’s July promise to keep troops on the “leading edge of lethality.”
UN-commissioned rights panel finds “reasonable grounds” the US committed war crimes in two Iran strikes that killed at least 178 civilians.
Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine says US forces must prepare to fight all the way to the moon, a day after Space Force confirmed weapons in orbit.
House Republicans send lawmakers home until November 9, canceling Thursday’s forced vote on Rep. Massie’s bid to impeach Defense Secretary Hegseth over the Iran war.
Pentagon asks commanders to screen troops by waist size and “impeccable” grooming for Defense Secretary Hegseth’s September 30 address, a year after his “fat generals” speech.
Trump administration readies $2.8 billion sale of 40,000 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, mostly paid with US aid, the class Biden held back over Gaza civilian deaths.
House votes 220-204 to bar further military action against Iran, a third rebuke with seven Republicans joining, as the Senate sits on July’s version.
Air Force Secretary Meink makes first public confirmation of US “space control weapons” in orbit, declining to say what they are or whether they’ve been tested.
Pentagon watchdog tallies $33.4 billion Iran war cost through June and finds the $22.3 billion in munitions fired left US stockpiles short, as oil holds above $100.
National Security Agency plans its biggest overhaul in a decade, reorganizing around AI, China, cyber and combat support on a rollout starting next month, the Washington Post reports.
Trump tells Ukraine to stop striking Russian diesel refineries, blaming Kyiv for a global shortage experts tie to the Iran war and closed Strait of Hormuz.
Trump won’t say whether the US struck an Iranian cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, an attack Iran says killed one and wounded four.
Trump calls Iran “probably” responsible for attacks that shut Saudi Arabia’s Hormuz-bypass pipeline, saying the Houthis “would much prefer not having us involved.”
Trump says the Iran war ends “very soon” after his Ireland trip, 3 days after saying it ends “immediately after the election.”
Families read nearly 3,000 names at ceremonies in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania marking 25 years since the September 11 attacks.
Trump declines Saudi crown prince’s request to strike Yemen’s Houthis, offering targeting help, as Saudi Arabia shuts its 750-mile Hormuz-bypass pipeline after drone attacks, CBS reports.
Iran-backed Houthis take Yemen’s Red Sea port of Mokha near the strait Saudi oil exports rely on, the same day Defense Secretary Hegseth calls Iran’s military devastation “historic.”
Trump says the Iran war will end “immediately after the election” and rules out talks before then, as Iranian strikes damage about 9 US warplanes in Jordan.
Federal judge permanently bars West Point from making professors seek approval to publish or speak, a rule adopted a month after Trump’s “un-American” ideas order.
Georgia National Guardsman in Trump’s 3,100-troop D.C. garrison faces felony charges for pointing a loaded pistol at a fellow guard member during a hairstyle argument.
US destroys 5 more Iranian oil tankers over missile attacks on a warship, and Iran answers with 20 missiles at US targets in Jordan.
Iran plans to stop ships beyond the Strait of Hormuz as Houthi rebels hit Saudi oil facilities and push toward the Red Sea route Saudi exports rely on.
Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner make their first Kyiv visit, arriving under a 3-day ceasefire Putin declared for their safety, and leave both capitals without a breakthrough.
Energy Secretary Wright says the US is “strangling” Iran’s economy for a policy change “or a new regime” and a nuclear deal “may await a next administration.”
US forces sink 3 Ecuadorian boats they call fuel stations for drug speedboats, as relatives of the detained crew say the men were fishing and no drugs were found.
US destroys 1 Iranian oil tanker and disables 2 more after Revolutionary Guard fires ballistic missiles at an aircraft carrier, one day after Trump called the war “small potatoes.”
Trump will fly the Qatari-gifted Air Force One to Ireland this month, 2 months after secretly leaving Turkey on another plane over security concerns.
Federal judge lets Pentagon fire 3 Stars and Stripes journalists for telling CBS their reporting should be free of government influence, finding no clear First Amendment violation.
Trump says the US has “essentially taken over Iran” while holding no Iranian territory, and calls the war “small potatoes” and a “military conflict.”
Health Secretary Kennedy and Defense Secretary Hegseth quietly assign an Army doctor to probe whether 2,544 unverified troop deaths came from Covid vaccines, a deposition reveals.
Trump names Army civil works chief Adam Telle, a former Senate aide, acting Army secretary days after Dan Driscoll quit over tension with Defense Secretary Hegseth.
Vance says “I wouldn’t call it a war” and there is “no active shooting” in Iran, as US strikes resume and Israel’s Netanyahu calls toppling the regime “within reach.”
Pentagon yanks decades of classified deployment records off its secret network, days after the Washington Post reported top commanders used them to warn the Iran war is unsustainable.
Chevron commits $7 billion to more than double Venezuela oil output by 2031, 8 months after US forces seized Maduro and took over the country’s oil exports.
Trump says US hit Iran “very hard” and can strike again “anytime,” as Pentagon confirms troops were told to stop saying “Operation Epic Fury,” declared over May 5.
Defense Secretary Hegseth removes at least 6 Army officers from a major general promotion list one day after the Army secretary quit, The Hill reports.
Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln docks in Thailand after 286 days at sea, as Democrats seek a probe of food shortages, broken plumbing and attempted suicides.
Trump nominates acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao permanently, 4 months after Defense Secretary Hegseth fired his predecessor and one day after the Army secretary resigned.
Iran says a US airstrike hit a wedding in a home, killing or wounding over 50, as Trump urges Iranians to “rise up and fight.”
Pentagon gives 3 million personnel ChatGPT and Musk’s Grok for unclassified work, days after a judge ruled it unlawfully retaliated against Anthropic for refusing surveillance and weapons uses.
Army Secretary Driscoll resigns after tension with Defense Secretary Hegseth over readiness and the ousting of top generals, leaving the Army without a Senate-confirmed leader.
Supreme Court lets White House ballroom construction continue 5-4, Chief Justice Roberts dissenting, as the 65% complete project could finish before courts decide its legality.
Trump calls the Iran war “relatively little” and weighs new strikes, after the Washington Post reported military leaders warned Hegseth prolonged operations weaken US defenses elsewhere.
Pentagon quietly installs 3 retired colonels turned conservative influencers, 1 million X followers combined, in undisclosed civilian roles as they defend Defense Secretary Hegseth online, the Post reports.
US strikes 2 Iranian launchers on Larak Island, the first attack in a month, as Revolutionary Guard forces readied sea mines for the Strait of Hormuz.