President Donald Trump designated cartels operating in Mexico as foreign terrorist organizations on Jan. 20 during a slew of executive orders he signed after his inauguration and amid a broader ...

Donald Trump focused his ire and retaliation on one person in the very first minutes of his presidency, even before his inauguration concluded -- retired Army Gen. Mark Milley.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R), a physician-turned-politician from deep-red Louisiana, has emerged as a central figure in the confirmation fight over Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health ...

Today’s civic texts are less sure. Worthy public actions are not necessarily rooted in private virtue, they seem to say.

The Pentagon’s inspector general will review the conduct of the former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who has been a ...

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By Katherine Gypson The U.S. Senate late Friday night approved Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense ...

Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, ending weeks of speculation about whether she would stand in ...

It's been a proud couple of days for Warren's John J. Salesses, father of the acting secretary of defense, Robert G. Salesses ...