National Security

The terrorist designation could cut through red tape and stop cartel members from being released on bail, an expert said.

‘I looked at Mr. Maduro, and I said, “We’d like to have our hostages home, and I want to bring home six today,''' Grenell said.

The vice president said Trump is a ‘president of peace.’

The Senate voted to confirm Patel, a veteran of Trump’s first administration who drafted the ‘Nunes memo’ on the Crossfire Hurricane probe.

A legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive orders banning people who identify as transgender from serving in the military exposes great division.

The State Department also targets Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua and El Salvador’s MS-13.

A Senate majority advanced Patel’s nomination as FBI director, setting him up for a confirmation vote in just days.

‘This is going to destroy those people,’ Alex Karp says of DOGE opponents.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on normalizing relations between the two countries.

The Pentagon is tasked with planning an array of next-generation missile defenses including space-based missile interceptors and non-kinetic defenses.

Chinese state hackers targeted more than 1,000 Cisco routers globally in their latest operation.

The Show Me state eyes a bill requiring life imprisonment for violent illegal immigrants convicted of trespassing.

The central issue of land will likely prove the most difficult problem to solve in any cease-fire negotiation.

Insiders say the United States is falling behind in combat readiness and rapidly evolving technology.

Elon Musk, a man absent from the proceedings, was a major focus—but possible solutions to waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid were addressed too.

Gabbard was confirmed in a 52–48 vote on Feb. 12 and was sworn in at the Oval Office.

Hegseth reiterated Trump’s calls for negotiations to end the Russia–Ukraine war and signaled U.S. focus will shift to other security concerns beyond Europe.

A Homeland Security Department subcommittee heard testimony on how to counter China’s growing maritime threat.