While she’s not exactly Uncle Sam in his top hat, pointing and declaring “I want you” to young Americans, a video of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt went viral Sunday after she refused to ...

The United States spends more on its military than any other country in the world. In 2026, Congress approved a defence budget of about $901 billion, which covers the cost of running the armed forces, ...

The Department of Homeland Security is using discretionary funding to continue paying active-duty U.S. Coast Guard personnel during the department's ongoing shutdown, even as civilian employees remain ...

The Major Richard Star Act would allow retired veterans wounded in combat to receive both disability compensation and ...

NPR's Lisa Desjardins discussed with Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, who serves on the Armed Services Committee on the ...

The war has complicated the Republican message on affordability. Democrats see an opportunity to drive their economic message while tying President Trump to an unpopular overseas conflict.

Trump administration officials have struggled to figure out how to increase U.S. military spending by a whopping $500 billion in their forthcoming budget, slowing the overall White House spending plan ...

Donald Trump claimed Thursday that $200 billion more going to an unpopular, illegal overseas war wasn’t all that big a deal. During a White House meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, ...

Statements from President Trump that the war is almost over are not matching up with the reality on the ground.

A U.S. military refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, in an incident U.S. Central Command said involved ...

Gas prices hit an average of $3.89 a gallon nationwide and global oil prices surged after Israel attacked a critical Iranian ...

Cracks are emerging among congressional Republicans over the Iran war with key lawmakers skeptical about spending hundreds of billions of dollars to prolong the conflict and several refusing to ...