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Patrick Shanahan

The Latest: Top officials say US doesn't want war with Iran

The Latest on the Trump administration's Iran policy (all times local): 9:35 p.m. Top Trump administration officials have ...

Mitch McConnell, Stefanie Hagar Muchow

Congressional leaders make progress on debt, spending talks

Top leaders of both parties in Congress made progress Tuesday on two must-do items on the legislative agenda: averting ...

Court hears 2 cases against Trump's plan for border wall

President Donald Trump is moving fast to build a wall on the Mexico border with billions of dollars secured under his ...

Pelosi to meet Mnuchin in hopes of deals on debt, spending

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders have arranged to meet with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and ...

Warren proposes new ethics rules at the Pentagon

Elizabeth Warren is releasing a new proposal to overhaul ethics rules at the Pentagon that would impose a four-year timeout ...

Sweden to reopen rape case against WikiLeaks' Assange

Swedish prosecutors said Monday they are reopening a rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and will seek his ...

Shanahan says military won't leave until border is secure

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan visited a border city in Texas on Saturday and said he intends to accelerate ...

Patrick Shanahan, Joseph Dunford

The Latest: Shanahan says troops aim to help secure border

The Latest on acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan's visit to the U.S.-Mexico border (all times local): 1:45 p.m.

US moving Patriot missile battery to Mideast to counter Iran

The U.S. will move a Patriot missile battery into the Middle East to counter threats from Iran, the Pentagon said Friday, ...

Patrick Shanahan

Pentagon shifting $1.5 billion to border wall construction

The Pentagon is shifting $1.5 billion in funds originally targeted for support of the Afghan security forces and other ...

Donald Trump

Trump's foreign policy challenges mounting around the world

New North Korea missile tests . A trade standoff with China. Fresh nuclear tensions with Iran. President Donald Trump's ...

Patrick Shanahan

Trump to nominate Shanahan for top Pentagon post

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will nominate Patrick Shanahan to be his second secretary of defense, putting an ...

Pentagon suspends war remains effort with North Korea

In a new sign of troubled relations with North Korea, the Pentagon said Wednesday it has suspended its efforts to arrange ...

Mike Pence

US to send hospital ship to help with Venezuelan refugees

A U.S. Navy hospital ship will embark on another humanitarian mission to help countries cope with an influx of Venezuelans ...

US official: Intel indicates Iran moved missiles by boat

The decision to send an aircraft carrier and a group of Air Force bombers to the Middle East was based in part on ...

Pamela Anderson: Treatment of Julian Assange unfair

Former "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson says Julian Assange "does not deserve to be in a supermax prison" after visiting the ...

US sending aircraft carrier to Mideast, citing Iran threats

The U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier group to the Middle East ahead of schedule and warning that Iran and its proxy forces ...

Donald Trump

Trump wants to restore waiver for service academy athletes

President Donald Trump said Monday he is looking into offering a waiver that would allow athletes attending the nation's ...

US dispatches aircraft carrier over unspecified Iran threats

The U.S. is dispatching an aircraft carrier and other military resources to the Middle East following "clear indications" ...

Patrick Shanahan

US still pondering military options in Venezuela

The Trump administration ended a week of pointed but vague threats of a military response to the Venezuelan political crisis ...