Washington is considering a complete withdrawal of American troops from Syria, U.S. officials said, as Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa moved to wrest control of the northeastern part of the country from an American-backed Kurdish-led militia.
The House passed a roughly $1.25 trillion spending package Jan. 22 in a pair of votes that overcame internal GOP divisions and Democratic protests over the Trump administration’s immigration policies. The most closely watched of the four bills at stake was the Homeland Security measure, which was at greatest risk of defeat amid an immigration crackdown that raised civil rights concerns. ... The other, larger bill, containing the Defense, Labor-HHS-Education, and Transportation-HUD funding measures, passed with lopsided bipartisan support on a vote of 341-88.
fter a renewed push from President Donald Trump for America to annex Greenland from Denmark, NATO reportedly agreed on a “framework of a future deal” this week. ... This in-the-works proposal also introduces new potential for NATO to expand its technological presence and influence in Greenland and elsewhere around the High North, according to experts at the Center for European Policy Analysis.
Friedrich Merz, the chancellor of Germany, urged European leaders on Jan. 22 to strengthen their militaries and shed bureaucracy to survive in an international order whose “very foundations have been shaken” by Russia, China, and the United States.
The Pentagon spends $3.3 billion a year on its 216 laboratories, which have piled up thousands of patents, often for technologies which may never see the light of day, let alone a battlefield. But this morning, the Department’s CTO, Under Secretary for Research & Engineering Emil Michael, publicly launched a two-pronged crusade to change that.
U.S. military leaders at the forefront of troops’ training, health, and readiness are shifting their focus from creating "super-athletes" to building and maintaining the ability to wield the weapons and systems of an ever-more-robotified battlefield.
Australia has taken the next step in its wide-ranging program to overhaul its air force with the arrival of its first MC-55A Peregrine. The platform, configured for “airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and electronic warfare,” is a highly modified version of the Gulfstream G550 business jet, an increasingly popular choice for adaptation for these kinds of specialist missions.
The House rejected a Democratic-backed resolution Jan. 22 that would have prevented President Donald Trump from sending U.S. military forces to Venezuela after a tied vote on the legislation fell just short of the majority needed for passage.
During one of Air Force Technical Sergeant Blake Crowe's deployments, their family dog Weatherby went blind—but that didn't stop her from recognizing Crowe when he returned to the U.S.
