Trump's Pick as NATO Ambassador Says US Commitment to the Alliance Is 'Ironclad' Matt Whitaker, an acting attorney general in Trump’s first term, told senators that a key part of his mission would be to...
Russia Relishes Trump-Zelenskyy Spat and Accuses Ukraine and European Allies of Warmongering The Kremlin was quick to cast the White House encounter as a proof of Zelenskyy’s reluctance to negotiate an end to the three...
UK to Raise Defense Spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, Starmer Says 2 Days Before Trump Meeting The U.K. currently spends 2.3% of gross domestic product on defense, and the government had previously set a 2.5% target...
Trump Expresses Hope Russia's War in Ukraine Is Nearing an Endgame as He Meets with France's Macron Trump, in broad-ranging comments on the state of the conflict, said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin would accept...
A Worried NATO Holds Large-Scale Combat Drills as the US Stance on Europe Shifts Under Trump NATO members continued their largest combat exercises of 2025, testing their ability to rapidly deploy large-scale forces on...
Polish President Says US Assures Him it Won’t Reduce Troop Levels as He Revives 'Fort Trump' Idea The Trump administration has not announced any plans to pull forces out of the region, but has said Europe must do more to...
Europe Tries to Muscle up as US Plots Mediation to Help End Russia's War in Ukraine Finnish President Alexander Stubb laid out three phases: “pre-negotiation,” ceasefire and long-term peace talks.
NATO Tests New Deployment Model Without US Ahead of Ukraine War Anniversary NATO is testing its ability to rapidly deploy across eastern Europe — without direct U.S. assistance — as Washington shifts...
US Defense Chief Suggests Ukraine Should Abandon Hope of Winning All Territory Back from Russia Addressing allies, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth indicated that President Trump is determined to get Europe to assume...
Britain Navigates Rough Transatlantic Waters as Trump Roils the 'Special Relationship' Britain spends 2.3% of GDP on defense and says it will increase that figure to 2.5%.
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-40-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...