America's Allies Alarmed by a Leaked Group Chat About Attack Plans The criticism is another blow to a long-standing relationship already strained by President Donald Trump’s blunt “America...
NATO Secretary-General Tells Trump He's Motivating Alliance Members to Spend More on Defense NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is praising President Donald Trump for motivating fellow transatlantic alliance members to...
EU Chief Says Member Countries Must Use a New Defense Loan to Buy European, Not American European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says EU countries must purchase military equipment made in Europe under a...
Trump Casts Doubt on NATO Solidarity Despite it Aiding the US After Sept. 11 President Donald Trump is expressing uncertainty that NATO would come to the U.S.’s defense if the country were attacked...
Macron to Discuss Nuclear Deterrence with European Allies. A Look at France's Unique Strategy French President Emmanuel Macron has hinted that France could help to protect other nations after U.S. President Donald Trump...
Vance Irks Allies in UK, France with Skeptical Comments About Ukraine Peacekeeping Mission Proposal Vice President JD Vance, in an interview, said the economic pact with Kyiv sought by President Trump “is a way better...
Trump's Pick as NATO Ambassador Says US Commitment to the Alliance Is 'Ironclad' Matt Whitaker, an acting attorney general in Trump’s first term, told senators that a key part of his mission would be to...
Russia Relishes Trump-Zelenskyy Spat and Accuses Ukraine and European Allies of Warmongering The Kremlin was quick to cast the White House encounter as a proof of Zelenskyy’s reluctance to negotiate an end to the three...
UK to Raise Defense Spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, Starmer Says 2 Days Before Trump Meeting The U.K. currently spends 2.3% of gross domestic product on defense, and the government had previously set a 2.5% target...
Trump Expresses Hope Russia's War in Ukraine Is Nearing an Endgame as He Meets with France's Macron Trump, in broad-ranging comments on the state of the conflict, said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin would accept...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...