Overnight Defense: Shanahan expects more troops to deploy to border |...
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View Article2020 Dems condemn Trump administration's transgender military policy
Several Democrats running for the party's 2020 nomination on Friday criticized President Trump's new policy prohibiting transgender troops from serving in the military unless they serve under their...
View ArticleTwo dozen Dem senators urge Trump to extend nuclear treaty with Russia
Twenty-four Democratic senators urged President Trump on Friday to renew a nuclear arms treaty with Russia that is set to expire in two years.“We write to urge your administration to extend the New...
View ArticleCalifornia National Guard tells transgender troops: 'Your gender...
Maj. Gen. Matthew Beevers, one of the California National Guard’s highest ranking officers, said that the gender identity of his soldiers “is the least of our concerns,” shortly after the Trump...
View ArticleUS serviceman kills woman, himself in Japan: foreign ministry
A U.S. service member fatally stabbed a Japanese woman in Okinawa on Saturday before killing himself, according to Japan's foreign ministry.The Associated Press reported that the deaths of a U.S. Navy...
View ArticleUS military confirms ISIS-Somalia deputy killed in strike
A U.S. airstrike Sunday killed the second in command of the Somali branch of ISIS, the U.S. military said Monday.The airstrike happened near Xiriiro in the Bari region of northeastern Somalia, U.S....
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View ArticleIranian lawmakers approve measure labeling US forces in Middle East terrorists
Iranian lawmakers approved a measure Tuesday designating U.S. forces in the Middle East as terrorists, The Associated Press reported.The bill, which was overwhelmingly approved by the Iranian...
View ArticlePoland close to establishing US military base president joked would be called...
Poland is finalizing details of an anticipated deal to establish a U.S. military base in the country, though the installation will not be referred to as “Fort Trump,” as the Polish president joked last...
View ArticleTrump vetoes measure ending US support for Saudi-led war in Yemen
President Trump on Tuesday vetoed a measure that would have cut off U.S. military support for the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen's civil war, rebuking Congress for a second time this year.In a statement...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Trump vetoes measure to end US-role in Yemen war | Poland...
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View ArticleSatellite images show possible activity at North Korean nuke site
A U.S. think tank specializing in relations between North Korea and the Western world said Wednesday that it had detected activity at one of North Korea's nuclear enrichment sites.The Washington-based...
View ArticleAir Force sergeant accused of placing white nationalist stickers in Colorado...
An Air Force sergeant in Colorado has been accused of having ties to a white nationalist group.Master Sgt. Cory Reeves was identified as a member of the group Identity Evropa by Colorado Springs...
View ArticleWarren presses top general on climate change
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, is pressing the nation’s top general on the threat of climate change.In an eight-page letter to Chairman...
View ArticlePentagon watchdog to audit $128B Columbia-class submarine: report
The Pentagon’s watchdog plans to audit how well the Navy is handling the development of its new $128 billion Columbia-class nuclear-armed submarines, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.The Department of...
View ArticleNaval Academy to ban transgender students starting in 2020
The U.S. Naval Academy will prohibit transgender students from enrolling at the school starting in fall 2020.The academy currently allows transgender students but will be forced to comply with the...
View ArticleGOP senator wears shirt honoring Otto Warmbier at Korean DMZ
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) wore a t-shirt honoring Otto Warmbier during his trip this week to the Demilitarized Zone on the Korean Peninsula.Portman was photographed wearing a grey t-shirt emblazoned...
View ArticleTexas student says he lost military scholarship due to Trump's new...
A first-year student at the University Texas at Austin says he lost his military scholarship because of President Trump's new transgender military ban.Map Pesqueira, a 19-year-old transgender man, told...
View ArticleNorth Korean leader Kim supervises 'new-type tactical guided...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supervised the test firing of a "new-type tactical guided weapon," North Korean state media said Wednesday, without elaborating on what exactly the weapon is.The...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Reports detail effect of transgender military ban |...
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