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Donald Trump

Trump welcomes wounded warriors who are on their annual ride

President Donald Trump highlighted his efforts to build up the military as he welcomed wounded warriors for an annual White ...

Military academies begin to follow military transgender ban

The elite academies that educate officers for the nation's armed forces have begun to implement the Trump administration's ...

Army Corps takes heat in wake of Missouri River flooding

The federal agency that manages dams along the Missouri River received stern criticism from several U.S. senators Wednesday ...

Mike Pompeo

The Latest: US sanctions on Venezuelan bank aimed at Maduro

The Latest on the Trump administration's position on Cuba (all times local): 2:15 p.m. The U.S. says it's imposing sanctions ...

Aid group: Trump's Yemen veto means more death, suffering

An international charity says President Donald Trump's veto of a congressional resolution to end U.S. military assistance for ...

Trump vetoes measure to end US involvement in Yemen war

President Donald Trump vetoed a resolution passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.

Court ruling adds to delay in alleged USS Cole bomber case

A federal appeals court has thrown out years of legal proceedings in the already-delayed military commission case against a ...

US airstrike kills top IS group leader in northern Somalia

A United States airstrike killed a senior leader of the extremist rebels of the Islamic State in Somalia group involved in ...

Coast Guard: 23 adrift for days rescued in Gulf of Mexico

The U.S. Coast Guard said it worked with a cruise ship to rescue 23 people adrift for days in the Gulf of Mexico. A Coast ...

US-Russia chill stirs worry about stumbling into conflict

It has the makings of a new Cold War, or worse. The deep chill in U.S.-Russian relations is stirring concern in some quarters ...

Melania Trump, Karen Pence to tour Fort Bragg

Melania Trump and Karen Pence will get an up-close look at the military's special operations capabilities when they visit ...

Judges reject Afghanistan probe; cite lack of cooperation

In a decision decried as "deeply flawed" and a "devastating blow for victims," International Criminal Court judges on Friday ...

The Latest: Quito arrest part of Assange probe

The Latest on the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London (all times local): 5 a.m. Friends of a Swedish ...

Remains of 3 Marines killed in Afghanistan returned to US

The remains of three Marines killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan have been returned to the U.S., arriving Thursday at ...

Carlton D. Everhart II, Bill Moran

Trump nominates naval aviator as next Navy chief

President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated a naval aviator with extensive experience in budgeting and personnel reform to ...

Medical association blasts military's transgender policy

A Trump administration regulation set to go into effect Friday bars transgender people from the military unless they "correct ...

Patrick Shanahan

Senators on Trump Space Force plan: Not so fast

The Trump administration's proposal for creating a Space Force as a new military service drew bipartisan skepticism in the ...

The Latest: Bomb cyclone storm hits US interior

The Latest on severe weather impacting the central U.S. (all times local): 4:58 p.m. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has activated ...

US forces: 3 Marines killed, Afghan contractor wounded

U.S. forces in Afghanistan revised on Tuesday the death toll from a Taliban attack the previous day near the main American ...

The Latest: Pentagon IDs 3 Marines killed in Afghanistan

The Latest on the Taliban attack on U.S. service members in Afghanistan (all times local): 7:15 a.m. Wednesday The Pentagon ...