The US is prepared to launch strikes on Venezuelan military bases as President Trump ramps up the pressure on the country’s narcoterrorist dictator, Nicolas Maduro, and the administration works to cut off the regime’s drug and criminal operations,

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly said the Trump administration’s sending aircraft carrier battle group to waters around Central and South America is “questionable.”

Experts call it "21st-century gunboat diplomacy" as U.S. positions strike-capable forces in Caribbean amid tensions with Maduro regime and cartels.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke with his Chinese counterpart, Admiral Dong Jun, late Saturday on the sidelines of a regional security meeting.

The U.S. military has begun reducing its mission in Iraq under an agreement made with Iraqi officials last year.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the United States will not be able to pay service members by the middle of next month if the government shutdown is prolonged. “We were able to pay the

"I'm a US Navy veteran. Trump's and Kristi Noem's ICE raids are unconstitutional and a disgrace to America and the freedoms and liberties that I served for. They are detaining immigrants who are not a danger to society,