Trump’s VA budget request tops $488 billion for fiscal 2027
The Department of Veterans Affairs would see its budget increase by 7.7% in fiscal 2027 under the White House’s proposed $2.2 trillion budget for the federal government. According to budget documents released this week by the Trump administration, the VA would receive a record $488...
US Navy seeks 1,200% increase in Tomahawk missile procurement for 2027
The U.S. Navy is requesting $3 billion to replenish its stockpile of Tomahawk missiles that have been depleted over the course of the Iran war, according to the Defense Department’s fiscal 2027 budget request. As part of the $1.5 trillion budget request released Friday, the...
Overrun and alone, this Medal of Honor recipient gave his life so his men could escape
Born in Newgulf, near Corpus Christi, Texas, on Nov. 6, 1924, Michael Castaneda Pena chose his calling as a man of action early in life. He didn’t complete the sixth grade, but in 1940, after lying about his age, he persuaded his mother to sign...
The rescue mission that brought 2 F-15E Strike Eagle crew members home
At 4:40 a.m. local time on Friday, a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, call sign Dude 44, was downed over southwestern Iran. Both crew members ejected, landing miles apart behind enemy lines. What followed was what President Donald Trump, speaking at a White House...
US soldier’s wife freed from ICE detention as deportation attempt continues
A U.S. soldier’s wife who was detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency last week was released from detention on Tuesday while President Donald Trump’s administration attempts to deport her from the country. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, of which ICE is a...
Trump says he has agreed to two-week ceasefire with Iran
DUBAI/WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, less than two hours before his deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face widespread attacks on its civilian infrastructure. Iranian state TV...
B-2s flew 36-hour mission to target Iranian Revolutionary Guard meeting
B-2 stealth bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, flew a 36-hour nonstop mission over the weekend to drop bunker-buster bombs on an underground compound where commanders from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had gathered, a U.S. official told Military Times. Adm. Brad Cooper, the...
Russia supplies Iran with cyber support, spy imagery to hone attacks, Ukraine says
LONDON/PARIS — Russian satellites have made dozens of detailed imagery surveys of military facilities and critical sites across the Middle East to help Iran strike U.S. forces and other targets, according to a Ukrainian intelligence assessment. The conclusions, reviewed by Reuters, also found that Russian...
