Amid latest extraordinary attack on diversity, US defense secretary also suggests military is retaining service personnel at ‘record’ rates

The DNC is asking the justices to clarify whether Wisconsin courts can extend voting hours when election-day problems threaten voters’ constitutional right to vote.

The snowball of speculation about an imminent Russian attack on Europe is gathering pace. Isolated facts are being mixed with wishful thinking, worst-case scenarios and, at times, little more than the...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order on Tuesday to create the Illinois Artificial Intelligence Cabinet, an advisory group tasked with evaluating AI risks and recommending safety …

The Pentagon must revamp how it positions its troops and equipment amid the proliferation of low-cost drones and precision missiles.

In “All the Presidents’ Wars,” the journalist Peter Bergen traces the many missteps of U.S. military action in the Middle East.

The president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself.

The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns, U.S. officials said.

In a surprising statement this week, Secretary of the Air Force Troy E. Meink revealed that the US has weapons in space. He said, “We are increasing readiness against existing threats, and the United ...

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Empowered by an international court order, Norway captured the vessel as part of a global effort to seize Russian assets. The Russians called it “piracy.”

He is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he also may be among the most dangerous.

Trump’s America is a joke. And so is Putin’s Russia. But both countries, under their unstable leaders, are as dangerous as cornered badgers, and that isn’t funny.

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The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.

Los Angeles Lakers fans are in open revolt after reports that the storied franchise is being sold to venture capitalist Josh Kushner — brother of President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner — an...

The president cleverly evaded a serious threat, but he shouldn’t have kept it a secret.

A new fund called the Phoenix Species Project will provide $200 million to help pull imperiled wildlife back from the brink of extinction.

With none of President Trump’s aims accomplished and the Strait of Hormuz closed, U.S. allies see dysfunction and vulnerability from the war.

Congress must demand an explanation from the president about why he’s gambling with the lives of U.S. service members.

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The families of those killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting will indirectly receive money from Alex Jones after a billion-dollar defamation verdict.