Tag: military
Hegseth’s Plans to Reshape the Military Start With Cuts
At the same time, Republican lawmakers are aiming to add more than $100 billion to the Pentagon’s proposed budget, which would push military spending [...]
Trump Suspends Military Aid to Ukraine After Oval Office Blowup
The directive, which takes effect immediately, affects more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition in the pipelines and on order.
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The First Black Leader of Virginia Military Institute Is Ousted
The college’s board decided not to renew the contract of its superintendent, Major General Cedric T. Wins, who led diversity efforts and removed a Con [...]
Former Defense Secretaries Call Trump’s Firing of Military Leaders ‘Reckless’
The five men asked the House and the Senate to hold hearings “to assess the national security implications of Mr. Trump’s dismissals.”
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Trump accelerated UK military boost, says former defence chief
The decision to hike UK defence spending has been "accelerated" by President Donald Trump's actions on Ukraine, a former defence chief of staff has sa [...]
Trump Plans to Use Military Sites Across the Country to Detain Undocumented Immigrants
The move would be a drastic escalation by the White House to militarize immigration enforcement.
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UK military too ‘run down’ to lead Ukraine peace mission, says ex-Army chief
MODThe UK military is "so run down" it could not lead any future peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, the former head of the Army has said.Lord Dannatt to [...]
Ex-Tory MP Jack Lopresti joins Ukraine military to support war effort
A Tory MP who lost his Westminster seat in the general election last year is now serving in the Ukrainian military.Jack Lopresti was the MP for Filton [...]
American Airlines jet collides with military helicopter near D.C. airport
A view of emergency response looking from Arlington, Va., south of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, across the Potomac River toward the Dist [...]
Trump Moves Toward Pushing Openly Transgender People Out of Military
The president also ordered the Pentagon to end diversity programs, reinstate many service members dismissed for refusing the coronavirus vaccine and c [...]
U.S. Military Planes Carrying Migrants Land in Guatemala
The Department of Defense said this week that it would provide planes for deportation flights.
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Two military jets carrying migrants landed in Guatemala, the U.S. Embassy and local authorities said.
Two military jets carrying migrants landed in Guatemala, the U.S. Embassy and local authorities said.
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Trump Pulls the Military Back Into the Political and Culture Wars
The removal of a portrait of Gen. Mark A. Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from a Pentagon hallway was among the president’s [...]
Trump Starts Immigration Crackdown, Enlisting the Military and Testing the Law
The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic operations and the consti [...]
Trump Raises Using Military or Economic Force to Take Greenland and the Panama Canal
In an hourlong news conference at his Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, the president-elect delivered a hodgepodge of grievances, complaints and false claims. [...]