Iran and Oman near a deal routing ships through the Strait of Hormuz as Tehran insists the strait stays shut until the U.S. lifts its blockade.
U.S. sends more spies and intelligence assets into Cuba, a step officials say could pave the way for military action, POLITICO reports.
Marine One carrying Trump flies too close to a jet leaving Reagan National, prompting an NTSB review, the third presidential air travel incident this year.
Trump vows to hunt down and jail leakers of missile-shortage reports as Iran and Oman agree on a route to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump posts an AI image of himself as a decorated general beside Patton and MacArthur, promoting a “DronePort” rising over the White House ballroom.
DC National Guard deployment will cost $1.4 billion more through January 2029, Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s office finds, as troops enter a second year on patrol.
Trump threatens Iran with “decapitation” while sources tell CBS the U.S. has used nearly all its long-range precision missiles.
Iran and U.S. officials both deny Trump’s claim that direct talks began Monday, two days after he canceled strikes on Iranian energy sites.
DOJ demands a New York Times freelancer’s testimony and 2 years of notes to unmask sources on a botched SEAL mission that killed unarmed North Koreans.
All 14 GOP senators on Armed Services vote to kill expanded military IVF coverage, reversing course on the treatment Trump promised free for all.
Pentagon gives up command of the NATO group coordinating Ukraine military aid, ending the U.S. role in shaping Ukraine’s future military.
U.S. plans its harshest bombing campaign yet on Iranian energy sites this weekend, bringing Israel back to combat for the first time since the truce.
Scouting America cuts jamboree spaces for gay youth, girls and scouts of color after Hegseth threatens its century-old Pentagon partnership.
Senate rejects a bid to limit Trump’s war powers 49-50 as the Iran war spreads to Egypt for the first time.
U.S. strikes dozens of Revolutionary Guard targets across Iran hours after Trump vows to hit back for an intercepted missile barrage on American forces.
Air Force orders Joint Base Charleston renamed Joint Base Lindsey Graham as the senator lies in the Capitol Rotunda, 17 days after his death.
Zelenskyy presses Trump for Patriot missile production licenses in closed-door White House talks after Ukraine’s deadliest civilian month since April 2022.
U.S. and Saudi jets strike Iran-backed militias across Iraq hours after Iran’s surprise missile barrage at American forces ends a four-day pause in fighting.
Trump claims boat strikes cut ocean drug smuggling 98% while his own DEA finds 67 strikes killing 221 people never dented cocaine supply.
Trump threatens to resume strikes on Iran without a quick deal as Tehran denies any direct talks with Washington.
Pentagon restarts its Iran war casualty count under a new Overseas Operations category, days after cutting four dead troops from the official toll.
Iran halts retaliatory strikes on U.S. allies after a second night without American bombing, as Oman talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz progress.
U.S. halts bombing of Iran after 13 straight nights as regional sources say the pause protects Oman-Iran talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump left the NATO summit on the old Air Force One after intelligence showed Iranian proxies planned a missile attack on the Qatari jet, reports say.
Iran attacks U.S. bases in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait as officials warn the war is depleting interceptor stockpiles planned to deter China.
Pentagon erases four soldiers killed this month from the Iran war death toll, claiming their deaths came after Trump declared a ceasefire in April.
U.S. bombs Iran for a 13th straight night as Houthi attacks on Saudi tankers spread the war to the Red Sea and push oil past $100.
GAO finds the Space Force cannot justify how many people it needs as leaders seek $71 billion and a doubling of the young service.
Senate Republican blocks a bill barring taxpayer money to retrofit Trump’s Qatari jet after he flew home from Turkey on the old Air Force One.
Trump administration weighs strikes on an al-Qaeda-linked group in Mali, which would make it the eighth country attacked this term, the Washington Post reports.
Judge orders the Pentagon to explain why Hegseth’s new testosterone therapy program for troops differs from the hormone care its transgender ban prohibits.
House votes to officially rename the Defense Department the Department of War, a change the Congressional Budget Office says could cost $125 million.
House passes a $1.15 trillion defense bill over Democratic objections to the Iran war, tying it to Trump’s stalled voter ID legislation.
U.S. bombs Iran for a 12th straight night as Trump threatens to destroy a bridge or power plant for every Iranian attack on shipping.
Hegseth tells senators the Iran war will cost $37.5 billion by September as the Pentagon seeks $88 billion, most unrelated to the war.
U.S. bombs Iran for an 11th straight night as the Pentagon says a missing soldier is believed dead, raising the American toll to 18.
Secret Service investigates a polished Iranian video mapping Trump’s motorcade routes and naming assassination opportunities in Florida and New York.
Pentagon casualty database records four soldier deaths and 20 wounded only after CNN reports it lags weeks behind, with nearly 100 injuries undisclosed.
U.S. bombs Iran for a 10th straight night as the Pentagon says nearly 100 Americans have been injured in Iranian strikes this month.
Trump says his Qatari-gifted Air Force One needs a month of upgrades after flying it without full anti-missile defenses during the Iran war.
U.S. bombs Iran for a ninth straight night as a soldier’s death in Iraq raises the American toll to 17 since the war began.
Space Force swears in 18 Air Force Reservists as the military’s first part-time troops able to shift between duty statuses under one command.
U.S. targets Revolutionary Guard units in an eighth straight night of strikes after an Iranian attack on a Jordan base kills two American soldiers.
Appeals court lets the Pentagon keep requiring government escorts for journalists, overturning a judge who found the restrictions defied his prior order.
U.S. strikes hit Iranian bridges, an airport, and a rail station on a sixth straight night after Trump said infrastructure attacks would come next week.
Trump suggests images of the Iranian girls’ school strike that killed 120 children may be AI-generated, months after Pentagon investigators identified a U.S. Tomahawk.
Defense Secretary Hegseth orders annual testosterone screening for troops 30 and older as the administration pushes wider access to hormone therapy.
House defeats a $3.3 billion cut to Israel military aid 104-314, with more Democrats voting to end the funding than to keep it.
U.S. fires missiles to disable a tanker running the Iran blockade as Trump threatens to hit Iranian power plants and bridges next week.
Pentagon plans to keep National Guard troops in Washington through the 2029 inauguration, converting a crime surge into a garrison costing $3 million daily.