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Pentagon Asks Congress for Roughly $80 Billion to Cover Cost of Iran War
... cover the cost of the US war against Iran, adding to ... Hill, including Monday evening. A top deputy defense secretary told senators about the ... year’s funding levels. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he’s expecting ...News Jun 23, 2026 | 9:20 pm
Hegseth Reassures Pacific Allies While Softening China Rhetoric
Singapore. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... implications for US security and prosperity” and remains a top strategic ... described Xi as a “great leader” and said the two countries ... Asian countries for strengthening their defense capabilities while taking a ...News May 30, 2026 | 11:34 am
Trump, Xi Wrap Up Summit Claiming Progress in Stabilizing US-China Relations
... of the summit before the US leader’s return to Washington. ... Trump and Xi -- with top aides and translators in tow ... extend a personal touch to a US leader who appreciates big gestures. “I ... Trump has demanded Taiwan increase defense spending, and in December, ...News May 15, 2026 | 1:51 pm
US Navy Secretary John Phelan Resigns in Latest Departure of Top Defense Leader
... term but just the latest top defense leader to step down or be ... fired several other top generals, admirals, and other defense leaders since taking ... acting secretary. Cao ran a failed US Senate bid in Virginia in ...News Apr 23, 2026 | 5:32 am
Israel Kills Iran's Intelligence Minister, Oil Prices Surge
... and gas company. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Iranian ... cyber-related activities against the US and its allies. Iranian ... A day earlier, Israel killed top Iranian security official Ali Larijani ... to the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on strategy ...News Mar 18, 2026 | 11:57 pm
Tehran Says Leadership Change Shows Iran Is ‘Not Built Around One Man’
... Khamenei as the country’s top authority after the death of ... Khamenei as the third supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, according ... operations are acts of self-defense under Article 51 of the ... of negotiations, including the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear ...News Mar 9, 2026 | 8:41 pm
Trump Says He Wants to Be Involved in Picking Iran's Next Leader
... took power in January after a US military operation captured Nicolás Maduro ... ’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said this week that Iran’s next supreme leader ... missile launch sites, and its top general said that 80% of ...News Mar 6, 2026 | 5:23 am
US Submarine Sinks Iranian Warship as Tehran Warns of Widespread Destruction in Region
... East. Both Sides Are Unrelenting US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said a ... effect of attacks on top command and control hubs. ... Adm. Brad Cooper, the top US military commander in the Middle ... country’s next supreme leader. “Every leader appointed by the Iranian ...News Mar 5, 2026 | 5:28 am
Trump Officials Say Israeli Plans Factored Into US Decision to Strike Iran
... a joint US-Israel military campaign that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah ... Skepticism in Congress Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and ... Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate ... Smith of Washington, the top Democrat on the House ...News Mar 3, 2026 | 10:30 am
US, Israel Strike Iran; Khamenei Reported Alive After Attack
... the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in ... Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the top House Democrat, said that although ... Islamic Revolution. Israeli and US strikes last June significantly degraded ... conflict widened, and air defense fire echoed over Dubai, ...News Feb 28, 2026 | 10:32 pm
Violence Erupts Across Mexico After Death of Jalisco Cartel Leader 'El Mencho'
... ’s killing of the powerful leader of the Jalisco New Generation ... need US troops on Mexican soil.” ‘El Mencho’ Was A Top Target ... flown to Mexico City, the Defense Department said. Troops came ... mission, calling “El Mencho” a top target for both governments and ...News Feb 23, 2026 | 12:34 pm
Trump Rattles Allies, Stirring Fears of a ‘New World Order’
... after saying the country’s leader “rubbed me the wrong ... a single, often mercurial leader who openly demonstrates that ... at Davos, But Many Top US Allies Aren't Participating Allies ... Pentagon, meanwhile, released a defense strategy instructing allies to shoulder ...News Jan 24, 2026 | 3:23 pm
Iran Warns Trump Not to Take Action Against Khamenei
... Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, days after the US president called ... is extended toward our leader, we not only cut ... While naval and other defense officials stopped short of saying ... one of the world’s top executioners. National police chief Gen ...News Jan 21, 2026 | 1:41 am
Venezuelans Wonder Who's in Charge As Trump Claims Contact with Maduro's Deputy
... guez said, surrounded by top civilian officials and military ... attacked us but will not break us,” said Defense Minister Gen ... Diosdado Cabello, among Maduro's top enforcers, urged Venezuelans to ... conference, Machado, the opposition leader, called on her ally ...News Jan 4, 2026 | 1:00 pm
Former President Jair Bolsonaro Begins 27-Year Prison Sentence for Coup Attempt
... ’s running mate and former Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto, another ... a separate ruling by Brazil’s top electoral court. Polls show he ... trial of the former Brazilian leader a “witch hunt.” Bolsonaro ... have been dropped. The US also imposed sanctions on de ...News Nov 26, 2025 | 4:22 am
Japan Protests China's Travel Advisory Over Taiwan Remarks
... feud over the new Japanese leader's remarks on Taiwan showed no ... lodged a protest and its top spokesperson, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru ... but the US is the main supplier of defense equipment to ... hosts American troops at several US bases on its territory, ...News Nov 16, 2025 | 4:09 am
China Launches Third Aircraft Carrier
... in a ceremony attended by top leader Xi Jinping. The Fujian is ... Japan. Minoru Kihara, a former defense minister and now chief cabinet ... 's navy lags behind the US in several significant ways. ... all conventionally powered, the US's are all nuclear powered, ...News Nov 7, 2025 | 5:21 pm
US-China Trade Tensions Appear to Cool as Trump Gathers with ASEAN Leaders
... Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with each ... economic growth worldwide. China’s top trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, ... his first term, and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seemed unfamiliar ... tariffs on Canada. One leader absent from the summit ...Business Oct 26, 2025 | 7:52 pm
Ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi on Track to Become Japan's First Female Prime Minister
Tokyo. Japan's governing party leader, Sanae Takaichi, is on ... leaders of the country's top three opposition parties failed to ... -year buildup with the annual defense budget being doubled to 2 ... ’s administration as part of a US tariff deal. Her policies focus ...News Oct 20, 2025 | 10:37 am
Houthi Rebels' Military Leader Dies from Wounds Suffered in Israeli Airstrike
... An Israeli airstrike targeting the top leaders of Yemen's Houthi ... decade-long war. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said al ... the US over his work as “a prominent Houthi military leader” who ... ,” claimed the Houthis' secretive leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, ...News Oct 17, 2025 | 9:54 am
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