U.S. military

President Trump Meets With NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte In The Oval Office Of The White House

How pro-Trump media is covering the Signal leak

4:57pm March 27, 2025

by Jude Joffe-Block

Some prominent conservative media figures suggested that adding a prominent journalist to the group chat was evidence of the "deep state" though others said it was a security breach.

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Intelligence Chiefs Testify To House Select Committee On Intelligence

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Trump officials downplay the Signal leak. Some military members see a double standard

5:00am March 27, 2025

The news of the leak of life-and-death operational details to a reporter lands differently with veterans and active-duty troops, who can be prosecuted for much less significant "spillage" incidents.

South Korean fighter jets drop bombs in the wrong place, injuring 8 people

10:32am March 06, 2025

The air force said the jets were taking part in a drill with the U.S. military in Pocheon, a city close to the border with North Korea, when they dropped bombs just outside a firing range.

Afghans who helped the U.S. are in dangerous limbo after Trump's order on refugees

3:45pm January 27, 2025

Tens of thousands of Afghans who risked their lives working for the U.S. government or military are now in limbo after the Trump administration issued two executive orders targeting refugees.

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In France, a family reckons with World War II Allies' legacy of rape and murder

11:05am November 16, 2024

In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: a murder and sexual assault so traumatic they are only now coming to terms with it.

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A brief history of swift boating, from John Kerry to Tim Walz

10:50am August 10, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Republicans' attacks on Tim Walz's military record mirror a 2004 smear campaign against John Kerry in some key ways. Here's how swift boating played out then — and what's different this time around.

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A Russian court has sentenced a U.S. soldier to nearly 4 years in prison

1:57pm June 19, 2024

by Charles Maynes

Staff Sgt. Gordon Black was sentenced to nearly four years in prison on charges of theft and threatening to murder.

Fighters carry the coffin of Abu Baqir al-Saadi during his funeral on Feb. 8. He was a senior commander in Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad.

What fighting in the Middle East means for the U.S. troop presence in Iraq

7:24am February 22, 2024

by Jane Arraf

After the U.S. killed a commander of an Iran-backed militia in Baghdad, pressure is mounting on Iraq's government to expel America's 2,500 military personnel.

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People, rescuers and security forces gather around a vehicle hit by a drone strike, reportedly killing three people, including two leaders of a pro-Iran group, in Baghdad on Wednesday.

U.S. drone strike kills a leader of an Iran-backed militia in Iraq

6:56pm February 07, 2024

by James Hider

A U.S. drone strike in the Iraqi capital has killed at least one leader of an Iran-backed militia, Kataib Hezbollah.

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U.S. Central Command released this undated photo as part of its announcement of renewed airstrikes against Houthi targets on Saturday.

The U.S. targets Iranian proxies for a second day in a row

7:54pm February 03, 2024

by NPR Washington Desk

The new round of U.S. strikes is far more extensive and deadly than those that have been launched since October, when the Israel-Hamas war began and pro-Iranian groups began their attacks.