Veterans’ voices shape report on the Afghanistan War’s lessons, impact
COLUMBUS, Ohio — U.S. veterans of the war in Afghanistan are telling a commission reviewing decisions on the 20-year conflict that their experience was not only hell, but also confounding, demoralizing and at times humiliating. The bipartisan Afghanistan War Commission aims to reflect such veterans’...
U.S. warships to patrol international waters around Venezuela as Trump vows to stop cartels
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. military has sent destroyers and thousands of Marines toward Venezuela as President Donald Trump doubles down on deadly drug cartels, according to reports. At least three Aegis guided-missile destroyers — USS Gravely and USS Jason...
US destroyers head toward Venezuela as Trump aims to pressure cartels
The United States is deploying three Aegis guided-missile destroyers to the waters off Venezuela as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels, according to a U.S. official briefed on the planning. The Gravely, the Jason Dunham and the...
Air, Space Force budgets seek to boost weapons, cut civilian jobs
New weapons and improved technology are at the forefront of budget priorities for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, while the spending plans also seek to slash more than 5,700 civilian jobs and reduce contracting services through billions in spending cuts. The Air...
More than 2,000 National Guard troops deployed to Washington for crime mission
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Just more than one week after President Donald Trump unveiled plans to deploy troops from the D.C. National Guard and to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department to tackle crime in Washington, six states have pledged to send...
Mail-in voting is nothing new, just ask Civil War soldiers
“We cannot have free government without elections,” President Abraham Lincoln reflected outside the White House on Nov. 10, 1864. “And if the rebellion could force us to forego or postpone a national election it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us.” By...
Hundreds of Marines, sailors fortify US-Mexico border wall in Arizona
A task force of 500 U.S. Marines and sailors is working to construct new fortifications at Arizona’s southern border with Mexico, including adding barbed and concertina wire. The new task force, called Task Force Forge, comprises personnel assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 1st Marine...
DOD to offer new medal for personnel deployed to Southern Border
The Pentagon announced a new military decoration that will recognize service members stationed at the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the Trump administration’s effort to bolster border security. A U.S. defense official confirmed to Military Times the veracity of a memorandum regarding the medal that...
DOJ investigating DC police for allegedly manipulating crime statistics
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Justice is investigating claims that the Washington, D.C., police department manipulated crime data to publish more favorable stats, sources told Fox News. Two sources briefed on the matter confirmed to Fox News that the...
After chase, US Navy, Coast Guard intercept 1,296 pounds of cocaine
The U.S. military stymied a suspected drug smuggling operation Aug. 11 when it chased and disabled a vessel hauling contraband in the Eastern Pacific, according to a Navy release. A U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment, embarked aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Sampson,...
