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  • FILE – A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling tanker aircraft takes off from the Kadena Air Base airfield in Kadena town, west of Okinawa, southern Japan, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)Middle East

    All 6 crew members on KC-135 refueling plane that crashed in Iraq are dead, bringing U.S. death toll to at least 13 service members

    By Konstantin Toropin, Ben Finley, and others
  • In this satellite image provided by Vantor, damaged drone buildings a the Konarak drone base, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor via AP)Middle East

    As Trump says military has plenty of munitions for Iran war, Democrats point out U.S. didn’t give Ukraine more interceptors because of low supply

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • iranMiddle East

    3 U.S. service members killed and 5 seriously wounded in Iran operation, after Trump warned of casualties

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • White House border czar Tom Homan holds a news conference at the Bishop Whipple Federal building on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)Politics

    Trump’s border czar says ‘small’ security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown. ‘We’ll get back to the original footprint’

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, is seen from the air, Sept. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, FIle)Energy

    U.S. military tracks down a sanctioned oil tanker from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean and ‘shut it down’

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • hegsethPolitics

    Pete Hegseth’s plan to test anti-cartel lasers shut down the El Paso airport for a full day, sources say

    By Seung Min Kim, Ben Finley, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 30: Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks at a news conference to announce an update on the Epstein files at the Department of Justice on January 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. Blanche announced that the department had released three million additional pages in the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Law

    Epstein files lead to resignation of top Slovakian official, while British prime minister calls on former prince to cooperate with U.S. authorities

    By Michael R. Sisak, Danica Kirka, and others
  • greenlandPolitics

    Denmark and Greenland agree to form working group over the future of the territory

    By Emma Burrows, Claudia Ciobanu, and others
  • FILE – A plane carrying Donald Trump Jr. lands in Nuuk, Greenland, Jan. 7, 2025. (Emil Stach/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, file)Politics

    If Trump takes control of Greenland, he would have to build a welfare state ‘that he doesn’t want for his own citizens,’ expert says

    By Emma Burrows, Ben Finley, and others
  • maduroPolitics

    Trump has been laying the groundwork for a strike on Venezuela for a full year. Here’s the timeline

    By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salute as carry teams move the transfer cases with the remains of Iowa National Guard soldiers Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, Iowa, and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, Iowa, and civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat, who were killed in an attack in Syria, during a casualty return, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Middle East

    U.S. forces attack Islamic State targets in Syria in ‘a declaration of vengeance’ for ambush that killed Americans

    By Konstantin Toropin, Ben Finley, and others
  • National Guard patrol the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Politics

    Trump administration halts all asylum decisions and pauses issuing visas for people with Afghan passports

    By Cedar Attanasio, Collin Binkley, and others
  • FILE The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier leaves Naval Station Norfolk, June 23, 2025, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/John Clark, File)Politics

    The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean as Trump adds to the growing fleet of warships near Venezuela

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • Family at home stressedPolitics

    Meet the military families anxious about whether their next paychecks will arrive: ‘It’s almost like the service is taken for granted’

    By The Associated Press and Ben Finley
  • The American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, on its way into the Oslofjord, at Drobak in Norway, Sept. 12, 2025.Middle East

    Trump’s decision to sail aircraft carrier to South America will leave the Mideast and Europe with none during a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

    By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, and others