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U.S. Navy P-8A Transits Taiwan Strait in Assertion of Navigational Rights

Washington casts the flight as a routine exercise of international law ahead of President Trump’s late‑March visit to China.

U.S. and Israel Delayed Initial Iran Strike by a Week After Last-Ditch Geneva Push Failed

U.S. Hits Suspected Narco Vessel Off Colombia, Killing Two in Latest ‘Southern Spear’ Strike

U.S. Downs Iranian Drone Near USS Abraham Lincoln During Day of Confrontations at Sea

U.S. Scales Back Caribbean Force, Shifts Amphibious Ships North of Cuba

Pentagon Drafts Plan to Cut Combatant Commands to Eight, Refocus on Americas—Reports

Two U.S. Soldiers and Interpreter Killed in Palmira Ambush

Three Americans Killed in Syria Attack the U.S. Blames on IS as Damascus Alleges Insider

Pentagon Watchdog Faults Hegseth’s Signal Use as Pacific Strike Kills Four

Pentagon Launches 'Southern Spear' As USS Gerald R. Ford Enters Caribbean Theater And Venezuela Mobilizes

U.S.–Venezuela Standoff Deepens With Carrier Deployment as Europe Withholds Intel

Trump Says Maduro’s ‘Days Are Numbered’ as Venezuela Says It Downed Two Suspected Drug Planes

U.S. Destroyer Arrives in Trinidad Near Venezuela as Graham Raises Prospect of Raids

Army Secretary Previews Major Acquisition Shakeup, Centralizing Buying Under One Organization

U.S. Launches Lethal Strike on Drug Vessel Near Venezuela Under Trump’s Laws‑of‑War Order

Pentagon Begins Drawdown of U.S. Iraq Mission, Shifts Focus to Syria

Trump Says U.S. Is Seeking to Regain Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base

F-35s Touch Down in Puerto Rico as U.S. Expands Caribbean Military Buildout

U.S. Strike Sinks Suspected Drug Boat From Venezuela, Killing 11, as White House Releases Video

USS Carl Vinson Launches Strikes on Houthi Rebels as U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Advance