WASHINGTON — An FBI background check for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, was transmitted late Friday to the leading members of the Senate ...

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The Army has seen recruiting numbers climb since mid-2024, when the service made several major changes to its recruiting ...

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Marco Rubio on Wednesday delivered a robust defense of the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Confirmation votes taken thus far in Trump’s second term show fewer Democrats are voting in favor of the picks, roll call votes show. In 2025, five out of the nine confirmation votes received at least ...

By Jeremy Herb, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Alayna Treene and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Todd Young didn’t back Donald Trump in 2024. But that didn’t stop Young from calling the president this past ...

The first U.S. military flight to deport migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay is set to depart Tuesday.

President Trump startled some of his most ardent supporters in the San Joaquin Valley by having the Army Corps of Engineers ...

Pete Hegseth has been rolling up his sleeves—literally—since being sworn in as President Donald Trump’s new defense secretary ...

According to a statement by newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the airstrike killed multiple ISIS operatives and avoided civilian casualties.

Update: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Border Czar Tom Homan arrived at Border Monument 3 in Sunland Park, New Mexico after 1 p.m. this afternoon. Secretary Hegseth reiterated that the new ...