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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government on Thursday requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council focused on the U.S. military actions in recent weeks in the waters off the South American country. Venezuela made the request in a letter addressed to Russia’s ambassador to the U.N. and council president, Vassily Nebenzia, that accused the administration of U.S. …

The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to support and help monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, non-governmental organizations and private-sector entities, US officials said Thursday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details not authorized for release, said US Central Command is going to …

Texas National Guard troops are active in Chicago area, military says  The Washington PostView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

GOP military mom presses Mike Johnson on troop pay  Politico Government shutdown reaches Day 9; Trump vows military will be paid: live updates  USA Today House Democrats press Johnson to bring Pay Our Troops Act to the floor early next week  Federal News Network “The House is done”: Johnson rules out stand-alone vote on paying troops during shutdown  Axios Military families brace for missed …

How Chicago became ground zero for Trump’s military crackdown  Axios National guard troops ‘protecting’ ICE and other federal property in Chicago area – US politics live  The Guardian Texas National Guard deploys 200 troops to Illinois for federal protection mission amid protests  Fox News Chicago Protesters Take To The Streets To Denounce National Guard Deployment, ICE  Block Club Chicago Judge to Hear Arguments on …

More than half of Americans believe that the US government should only deploy armed troops in the event of external threats, according to a new survey. The Reuters/Ipsos survey released on Wednesday found that 58% of Americans believe that the president should only send in armed forces to areas with external threats. Meanwhile, 25% said that they believed the US …

Today, following a months-long investigation, Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) uncovered alarming new information revealing that companies in America and allied nations —including ASML in the Netherlands, Tokyo Electron (TEL) in Japan, and Applied Materials, KLA, and Lam Research in the United States—fueled semiconductor manufacturing in China and made sizeable returns selling equipment to Chinese …

The War Room newsletter: Are America’s military standards slipping?  The Economist What Women Heard in Hegseth’s Remarks About Physical Standards  The New York Times How Hegseth’s newly proposed military fitness standards compare to existing tests  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Experts react to Hegseth’s Quantico summit: ‘Wrong message, wrong time, wrong audience’  DefenseScoop Trump’s Outline of a Domestic War  Just Security …

US forces on Saturday evening struck another vessel illegally carrying drugs off the coast of Venezuela, Donald Trump said on Sunday to thousands of sailors at a ceremony celebrating the US navy’s 250th anniversary. He added that the US would also start looking at drug trafficking happening on land. Trump made the comment during a speech at Naval Station Norfolk …

Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, abruptly fired the navy chief of staff on Friday, removing an aide who had been key to the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape the Pentagon. Jon Harrison, who was appointed in January, had been key to broad changes made to the navy’s policy and budgeting offices. Together with John Phelan, a Trump mega-donor who …