Pentagon creates 250-mile border buffer zone in Texas as illegal crossings plummet
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it is establishing an expansive new military buffer zone in Texas aimed at bolstering border security as illegal crossings continue to plummet to record lows. The zone, known as a National Defense...
House passes $435 billion spending plan for VA in fiscal 2026
The 218-206 partisan vote, with just two Democrats voting for the measure and no Republicans opposing it, represents the first appropriations package approved for next fiscal year by either chamber of Congress, but does not necessarily mean a fast track ahead for the VA budget...
Lawmakers press VA for details on DOGE access to vets records
“VA is required by [numerous laws] to protect veteran private health information,” the letter stated. “It is your job to ensure veteran privacy is being maintained at VA. Your inability to answer simple questions about who is accessing veterans’ private health records, and why, is...
Advocates recruit vets to attend Afghan allies’ immigration hearings
A pair of advocacy groups is launching a new effort to bring veterans into courthouse immigration hearings involving Afghan allies as a sign of support and reassurance for their roles helping American military forces. Advocates have said as many as 9,000 refugees could be deported...
Fort named after Gen. Robert E. Lee will now honor a Buffalo Soldier
Amid President Donald Trump’s plans to revert the designations of seven Army installations previously named for Confederate fighters to their old names, albeit new namesakes, comes the Army’s announcement that Fort Lee in Virginia will become the first base to be named after a Buffalo...
Trump nominates Marine to be Navy’s new head lawyer
A U.S. Marine is poised to become the top legal officer of the Navy for the first time in over a century, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. David Bligh, who currently serves as the staff judge advocate to the commandant of...
Newly signed Texas law bans land purchases by nations like Iran, North Korea
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas has become the latest state to cement a ban on land and property purchases by individuals or entities from adversarial nations. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 17 into law over the weekend, prohibiting countries...
Here’s the role an Ohio-class submarine played in the strikes on Iran
At about 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on June 21, a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine launched over two dozen Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles into Iran, striking targeted infrastructure sites in Isfahan. Shortly after the Tomahawks were fired, fighter aircraft and B-2 Spirit stealth bombers...