Nick Wadhams

Ukraine Ambassador Olha Stefanishyna said her country is engaged in “positive” talks about buying Tomahawk missiles and other long-range weaponry, even after President Donald Trump signaled he didn’t want to send them to the country.

Pentagon Agrees to Lend Its Lawyers Out as Immigration Judges

The Trump administration is proposing strict new visa limits for Chinese journalists in the US as part of a broader push to curtail stays by foreign students and reporters, in a move that prompted pushback from Beijing.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, letting go an Air Force lieutenant general who oversaw an early finding that suggested US strikes on Iran’s nuclear program weren’t as successful as the White House claimed.

On the face of it, the US involvement in Ukraine bears little similarity to the 20-year Afghanistan war, not least because there are no American boots on the ground in Europe.

The US imposed sanctions on a United Nations expert investigating human rights conditions in the Palestinian territories, escalating a feud after earlier calling for her ouster over allegations of anti-Israel bias.

Someone pretending to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio used AI-generated voice technology and a fake Signal account to contact foreign officials and at least one member of Congress, the latest case of impostors mimicking senior US officials.

Tulsi Gabbard, the US director of national intelligence, released a video Tuesday warning that the world is closer to nuclear war than ever and accusing unnamed political elites of trying to foment conflict between world powers.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday ordered more scrutiny of the social-media profiles of any foreigners seeking to visit Harvard University, telling US consular officers that applicants’ lack of an online presence might be enough evidence to deny a visa.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new probe into the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, vowing accountability for what he called the Biden administration’s “disastrous and embarrassing” handling of the events that led to the deaths of 13 US troops.

The former US ambassador to Ukraine said she resigned in protest over President Donald Trump’s handling of the conflict with Russia and that she could no longer stand by while he pressured the government in Kyiv.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that he was ending Pentagon participation in an initiative on women and conflict that President Donald Trump signed into law during his first term with backing from prominent members of the current administration.

President Donald Trump ratcheted up pressure on Iran to rein in the Houthis, raising the possibility of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic Republic if the militant group in Yemen doesn’t stop its attacks.

President Donald Trump said he’s “strongly considering” fresh banking sanctions and tariffs on Russia over its continued attacks on Ukraine, ramping up pressure ahead of expected negotiations to end the conflict.

Hundreds of US diplomats wrote a formal letter of protest to decry the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development, saying the move threatens US national security and caused “irreparable harm” to millions of people.

US President Donald Trump said Israel should call off its ceasefire with Hamas if hostages aren’t returned this weekend, raising concerns over the durability of the six-week truce in Gaza, while also wielding threats to cut off aid in a bid to get Egypt and Jordan to accept Palestinian refugees.

The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a financial network it said is linked to Iranian oil shipments to China, the first moves under the Trump administration’s to ratchet up restrictions on the Middle Eastern country.

The US Agency for International Development’s website was off-line over the weekend as the Trump administration continues to review its future and the path forward for US foreign aid in general.

The Pentagon identified two of the three US soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter collided with a commercial airliner, but withheld the name of the third at the request of the victim’s family.