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President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, attend a military parade commemorating the Army’s 250th anniversary, coinciding with his 79th birthday, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Military parade kicks off early amid rainfall as Trump looks on and brushes off ‘No Kings’ protests

By Lolita C. Baldor, Michelle L. Price, and others

Protesters clasp hands in front of a line of California National Guard, Monday, June 9, 2025, at a Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo Jae Hong)

Trump is sending another 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles

By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, and others

National Guard soldiers stand outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, US, on Monday, June 9, 2025. Tensions flared in Los Angeles on the third day of anti-deportation protests, as demonstrators clashed with law enforcement while President Donald Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom exchanged blame over the unrest and responsibility for restoring order. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images

700 Marines will be deployed to LA to help the National Guard respond to protests as California sues Trump over troops

By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, and others

FILE – U.S. Army soldiers cross a floating bridge on the Imjin River during a joint river-crossing exercise between South Korea and the United States as a part of the Freedom Shield military exercise in Yeoncheon, South Korea, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

U.S. military spent $6 billion in the past 3 years to recruit and retain troops amid enlistment shortfalls

By Lolita C. Baldor and The Associated Press

FILE – President Donald Trump, pictured on screen from left, French President Emmanuel Macron and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus watch a Bastille Day parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, July 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Army has plans for a 6,600-soldier military parade on President Trump’s June birthday

By Lolita C. Baldor and The Associated Press

Houthi supporters chant slogans during a weekly, anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Trump administration strikes on Houthi rebels have cost $200 million in shot-down drones

By Lolita C. Baldor and The Associated Press

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

U.S. Naval Academy has removed nearly 400 books from its library in new DEI purge ordered by Pete Hegseth

By Lolita C. Baldor and The Associated Press

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responds to questions from reporters during a meeting with Britain’s Defense Secretary John Healey at the Pentagon, Thursday, March 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

The Pentagon is slashing up to 60,000 civilian jobs amid Elon Musk’s DOGE cost-cutting push, prompting national security fears

By The Associated Press and Lolita C. Baldor

Smoke rises from a location reportedly struck by U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman

Trump orders airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen and warns Iran to stop supporting them

By Michelle L. Price, Samy Magdy, and others

In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, Pfc. Christina Fuentes Montenegro prepares to hike to her platoon’s defensive position during patrol week of Infantry Training Battalion near Camp Geiger, N.C. Oct. 31, 2013. (Sgt. Tyler Main/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

Pentagon flags 26,000 images for removal in DEI purge, including ones of Enola Gay nuclear bomber and first women to pass Marine infantry training

By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, and others

An aerial view of the Pentagon

Thousands of soldiers were discharged for refusing the COVID vaccine, but only 650 are interested in returning to their jobs now—even with Trump’s promise of back pay

By Lolita C. Baldor and The Associated Press

FILE – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown speaks during a press briefing, April 26, 2024, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, top Navy officer, and Air Force’s vice chief

By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, and others

FILE – In this April 17, 2019, photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Guantanamo Bay receives first military flight with migrants deported from the U.S.

By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, and others

This image provided by the U.S. Army shows Cpt. Rebecca M. Lobach, of Durham, N.C. (U.S. Army via AP)

Friends say Army captain killed in midair collision was a ‘talented pilot and a PT stud’ who was always meticulous

By Michael R. Sisak, Lolita C. Baldor, and others

A boat works the scene near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

American Airlines jet carrying 64 crashes after colliding with Army helicopter near Washington D.C.

By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, and others