Americans want more global leadership despite military doubts, survey shows
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new national defense survey shows Americans are increasingly alarmed by global threats and more willing to see the United States assert leadership on the world stage even as doubts grow about the military’s readiness to deter...
D-Day veteran who saved lives on Omaha Beach, dies at 101 in Normandy
Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and helped save lives, died on Wednesday. He was 101. Shay died at his home in Bretteville-L’Orgueilleuse in France’s Normandy region, his longtime...
Trump may launch land operations against Venezuelan drug networks
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. is preparing to take its campaign against narco-terrorism directly “on land” inside Venezuela, warning that the Nicolás Maduro regime has already sent “killers, murderers … gang members” and other...
Bill would raise VA compensation for severely injured vets, survivors
A bill in Congress would significantly increase the amount of disability compensation awarded to veterans with catastrophic injuries and survivors, but lawmakers are sparring over how to cover its estimated $7 billion cost. The Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, HR 6047,...
Obama claims military showing ‘resistance’ to Trump’s politicization
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former President Barack Obama suggested Monday there was a “resistance” in the military preventing its “politicization” by the Trump administration. Obama visited the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas as the inaugural speaker in the...
Pentagon seeks to acquire, rapidly field over 300,000 small drones
On Tuesday, the Pentagon released an open call to industry to rapidly obtain and deploy over 300,000 small one-way-attack drones — with the Pentagon hoping to put them into the field at such a pace that operators can learn to use them within two hours....
Air Force updates officer developmental education policy
The U.S. Air Force is changing in-residence intermediate and senior developmental education for active-duty service members as part of a broader policy review, according to a Tuesday announcement. The updates include revisions to the eligibility windows, declination policy, family separation housing allowance and school selection,...
FBI Director Kash Patel decries Biden vetting failure after guard shooting
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FBI Director Kash Patel blasted the Biden administration’s “emblematic failure” in light of the Nov. 26 shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., on “The Ingraham Angle.” The Justice Department on Tuesday formally charged Afghan...
Air Force pilot safely ejects before F-16 crashes in California
TRONA, Calif. — A fighter jet with the Air Force’s elite Thunderbirds demonstration squadron crashed in the Southern California desert on Wednesday, but the pilot managed to eject safely, the military said. The pilot was being treated for non life-threatening injuries at a hospital, according...
House GOP demands sweeping immigration review after Afghan evacuee kills National Guard member in DC attack
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Republicans are calling for the U.S. immigration system to undergo new scrutiny after an attack by an Afghan refugee left one National Guard member dead and another fighting for his life. “I’ve thought that for a...
