1 day ago - A new poll shows most Americans believe President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries.

6 hours ago - U.S. military assets from air, land and sea are expected to flow into the region in the coming days and weeks to provide the president with military options should he decide to carry out strikes against Iran, sources said.

5 days ago - Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, The Mail on Sunday has learned.

7 hours ago - He paused and then cracked, “I’ve got power, too. It’s called the United States military.” · Shawn McCreesh is a White House reporter for The Times covering the Trump administration.

1 hour ago - Trump has already taken the unusual step of federalizing National Guard soldiers to help with immigration law enforcement in Democratic-run cities over the objections of state governors, including in Los Angeles last year, which a judge ruled ...

7 hours ago - President Donald Trump is threatening to use the Insurrection Act to deploy the military in Minnesota following an ICE-involved shooting and escalating protests.

4 days ago - Hours after the Senate voted to advance the war powers resolution rebuking the White House’s current and future actions in Venezuela, President Donald Trump placed “angry” calls to each of the five Republicans who crossed the aisle, according to people with knowledge of the calls.Sens.

14 hours ago - As Trump continues to signal willingness to act, military planners must weigh the robustness of Iran’s air defences, the presence of Chinese technology, and the regional fallout of any confrontation. Experts argue that the stakes are far higher than in Venezuela, where a single targeted operation was sufficient to destabilise the regime.

2 days ago - The president can still order airstrikes that target Iranian leadership or military installations. But his choices are even more reduced than June, when the U.S. took out Iran’s nuclear sites. And he also must contend with lawmakers who, just over a week after Trump ordered the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, are questioning whether a strike would draw the U.S.

11 hours ago - Venezuela, Greenland, Iran... Behind Donald Trump's martial rhetoric, Washington has forged a strategy of targeted strikes and simultaneous operations, running the risk of stretching its military capabilities too thin.

20 hours ago - Still, Washington maintains at least 19 military locations across West Asia, including permanent bases in Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Iraq. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar remains the most critical hub, hosting about 10,000 US troops. Reports that some personnel were asked to leave the base have raised fears of escalation and possible Iranian retaliation. The Trump administration often points to the 2025 bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities as proof of its military capability.

13 hours ago - WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces in Minnesota after days of angry protests over a surge in immigration agents on the streets of Minneapolis.

1 day ago - US President Donald Trump has warned of possible military action as protests have resulted in thousands dead in Iran. With American warships redeployed and stealth bombers, missiles, and cyber tools still available, Washington retains powerful options if it decides to intervene against Tehran’s crackdown on demonstrators

2 days ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin has been notified that the Trump administration is investigating her after she organized and appeared in a video with other Democrats urging military service members to resist “illegal orders.”

3 days ago - President Donald Trump has been briefed on a wide range of covert and military tools for use in Iran, two Department of Defense officials told the BBC's US partner, CBS News.

1 week ago - The Bottom Line For decades and over multiple presidents, the United States tried to manage decline quietly, stretching aging platforms and hoping technology would cover the gaps. Trump’s $1.5 trillion proposal rejects that mindset outright. It says the United States does not intend to fight fair, fight small, or fight later. It intends to be ready now. A dream military is not about shiny toys or parade-ground numbers.

3 weeks ago - President Donald Trump has taken executive ownership in his second term, issuing a record-high 26 orders on his first day of office. Executive orders signed that day and in the weeks and months since have had overarching effects across the military, broadening the policies and aspirations of a more stringent Pentagon helmed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth—who has advocated for a more aggressive, military-ready armed forces via a “warrior ethos” decree.

2 weeks ago - US President Donald Trump has said he is not worried about China's military drills around the self-governed island of Taiwan, which it claims as its own.