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9/11 families, lawmakers praise reversal of terrorist plea deals as 'just and honorable decision,' demand a trial date
"I know the families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks will appreciate this — as do I," Sen. Lindsay Graham said of the revoked plea deals.
Pentagon to deploy 'land-based' firepower and additional troops to Middle East to counter Iranian threats
The US military “posture adjustments” come as Israel gears up for a likely retaliatory strike from Iran and its proxies related to the assassinations of top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh...
US announces $1.7 billion in military aid to Ukraine
The package includes $200 million in immediate assistance drawn from existing weapons and equipment stockpiles within the Department of Defense and a $1.5 billion long-term commitment from Ukraine Security Assistance...
Pentagon concerned at growing Arctic cooperation between China and Russia
Russia and China are increasingly cooperating in the Arctic, which could impact regional stability, the US military said as it released its strategy for the region on Monday.
Unions vs. safe schools, lefty indoctrination of military kids and other commentary
“With disorderly school environments that are at times actively hostile towards the wellbeing of both students and staff, I have a simple question: Where are the unions?” asks The Fordham...
Navy sailor tried to illegally access Biden's health records 3 times in February
Searching through an internal government database, as unnamed service member tried to access the president's restricted medical records on Feb. 23 – five days before Biden's physician Kevin O'Connor publicly...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin 'shielded' biotech firms in gain-of-function research audit, GOP senator claims
A recent audit of Pentagon funding of gain-of-function research outside the US “may have shielded” collaborations with Chinese biotech firms — including at least one linked to Beijing's military, a...
Policies for ‘nonbinary service members,’ critical race theory are Pentagon 'priority:' senior defense official
The Pentagon's second-highest-ranking official outlined a commitment to policies focused on "nonbinary service members" and mandating critical race theory training, according to reports.
Pentagon watchdog doesn’t know how much overseas gain-of-function research is done with US funds — despite $1.4B spent: report
The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released the inconclusive results Thursday of its congressionally mandated audit into funding that could have resulted in diseases becoming more virulent.
How fear of 'escalation' has Biden admin handcuffing Ukraine against Russia
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan announced the Biden administration was relaxing its restrictions on Kyiv's use of weapons on Kremlin territory.
US facing 'Cuban Missile Crisis in space' as Russia plots anti-satellite nukes: US intelligence chair
America is on the brink of a new Cuban Missile Crisis -- this time in space -- as Russia develops nuclear anti-satellite armaments, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner said.
US to send Ukraine critical – and rare – Patriot air defense system that could shake up war
WASHINGTON -- The US is expected to announce Thursday it will send Ukraine a second Patriot missile system, giving the country a vital air defense boost that its president, Volodymyr...
Lloyd Austin's chief of staff, blamed for Pentagon chief's hospitalization secrecy, to step down
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's chief of staff Kelly Magsamen – who took the heat for failing to tell the White House that the intensely private former Army general was hospitalized...
Institutions have violated the trust of Americans, and a new revolution is coming
Sometimes unexpected but dramatic events tear off the thin veneer of respectability and convention.
GOP senator urges $55B defense budget boost to counter China, Russia and Iran
The leading Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee is bucking his party’s isolationist leanings and urging an increase of $55 billion in defense spending to counter Chinese, Russian and...
Wrecked Gaza pier touted by Biden 'absolutely' will resume deliveries, White House says
WASHINGTON — White House spokesman John Kirby insisted Tuesday that the badly damaged temporary pier that President Biden unveiled in his State of the Union address will resume aid deliveries...
US forces shoot down Houthi drone over the Red Sea after 'imminent threat'
US Central Command claims to have shot down a drone that was launched from a Houthi-controlled area in Yemen during the early Monday morning hours.
Defense Secretary Austin undergoes 'successful' medical procedure after temporarily transferring power to deputy
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin underwent a successful “non-surgical” medical procedure Friday evening, requiring him to temporarily transfer power to his deputy, the Pentagon announced.
569 metric tons of aid that passed through US-built pier fails to reach Palestinians, some ‘intercepted’ by looters: Pentagon
“Some of that initial aid that was brought in, as it was being taken along a transportation route, was intercepted by some people who took that aid off those vehicles.”
Sen. Roger Marshall demands Pentagon probe all tax-funded gain-of-function research in China
Sen. Roger Marshall pushed the Pentagon’s inspector general in a Friday letter to probe all US taxpayer-funded gain-of-function research in China — as well as “undisclosed, unpublished pathogen and biospecimen...