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  • Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin introduces the B-21 Raider stealth bomber at Northrop Grumman Dec. 2, 2022, in Palmdale, Calif. Under a proposed rule change, foreign citizens and companies would need U.S. government approval to buy property within 100 miles of eight military bases. The new rule would affect eight bases, including three that are tied to the B-21 Raider (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)Politics

    U.S. set to crack down on foreign ownership of land near military sites after Chinese firm tries to build factory near Air Force base

    By Margaret Stafford, Tara Copp, and others
  • Jack Michael TeixeiraPolitics

    The guy with top secret security clearance who leaked a trove of military documents wanted to kill ‘a ton of people,’ prosecutors say

    By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, and others
  • 1282020Politics

    The Pentagon says that highly-classified leaked documents are a ‘very serious’ risk to national security

    By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, and others
  • Air forceHealth

    Pentagon study reveals real ‘Top Gun’: Military pilots, ground crew have unusually high rates of cancer

    By Tara Copp and The Associated Press
  • A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, March 2, 2023.(AP Photo/Iryna Rybakova)Tech

    America is sending Ukraine $400 million in military aid including armored vehicles and ammunition as the Russian invasion drags on

    By Tara Copp and The Associated Press
  • FBIPolitics

    Whether balloons or UFOs, government calls off search for objects downed in Alaska and Lake Huron

    By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, and others
  • CHARLOTTE, USA – FEBRUARY 4: Chinese spy balloon flies above in Charlotte NC, United States on February 04, 2023. The Pentagon announced earlier that it is tracking a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon above the continental US. A Chinese Foreign Ministry statement said the balloon was a âcivilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological purposes.” (Photo by Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Politics

    Chinese spy balloon investigation shifts from a search to a new key phase that could reveal its tradecraft secrets

    By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, and others
  • Glen VanHerckPolitics

    ‘These could just be balloons tied to some commercial or benign purpose’: The U.S. isn’t sure about those UFOs it shot down.

    By Tara Copp, Eric Tucker, and others
  • Mark MilleyPolitics

    Fox News reported a missile missed a UFO. The Army says it ‘landed harmlessly’ in Lake Huron.

    By Tara Copp and The Associated Press
  • China spy balloonPolitics

    Here’s what China’s 200-foot spy balloon looks like after getting shot down, according to photos released by the Navy

    By Tara Copp and The Associated Press
  • Hyalite Reservoir south of Bozeman in southwestern Montana during summer. (Photo by: Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

    A Chinese spy balloon has been spotted floating over the U.S., suspiciously near some nuclear missile silos

    By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, and others
  • US Patriot Missile system at the Border town of Rzeszow close to the Ukrainian border

    Zelensky will finally receive Patriot missile systems from the U.S.—here is what they are and what they do

    By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, and others
  • THE US ARMY OF THE 'FUTURE' AT FORT IRWINTech

    Pentagon cloud contract to be shared by Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Oracle in $9 billion deal

    By Tara Copp, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • Lloyd AustinPolitics

    Lloyd Austin calls for keeping military’s COVID vaccine mandate: ‘We lost a million people to this virus’

    By Tara Copp and The Associated Press
  • Lloyd AustinPolitics

    After rolling out new stealth bomber, Pentagon chief warns of pivotal point: ‘We’re aligning our budget as never before to the China challenge’

    By Tara Copp and The Associated Press