The National Guard members patrolling Washington, D.C., this summer operate under a specific set of limitations. They can detain people; they cannot arrest them. That line, and where it falls, is now the subject of a $3 million legal claim filed by a decorated Army combat veteran who says Idaho…
Published Aug 3, 2026, 12:50 PM EDT The president made appointments to multiple services as efforts to boost the military remain a priority. President Donald Trump announced key military appointments in multiple military services, including the Army, Air Force and the Space Force. The routine appointments and promotions make personnel changes…
Air Mobility Command’s space-available travel sign-up process has run on the same basic model for years: Fill out a form, email it to whichever passenger terminal you’re departing from, and hope someone on the other end enters it correctly before your window opens. As of March 26, 2026, that changed.…
The Department of Defense (DOD) has announced two framework agreements to expand the production capacity of missile-interceptor components. The agreements, with defense companies Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin, intend to triple the production of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) components, and quadruple the production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)…
The United States Coast Guard turns 236 years old this Aug. 4 — older than the Navy’s current organizational form, older than the Marine Corps as a permanent standing force and older than the country’s income tax by more than a century. It’s also, by a wide margin, the least…
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The Navy’s top admiral said he would “push back” if President Trump tries to send a long-deployed aircraft carrier from the Caribbean to the Middle East as part of a U.S. military response to Iran’s crackdown on protestors.On Tuesday, Trump posted on Truth Social that “Help is on the way”…
Alexis Nelson was so excited about a future in the military, she signed up for the Army National Guard the day she turned 17. But her dream of serving the country was soon derailed when she suffered a service-related injury during basic training. She was forced to leave the National Guard…
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Lyle Allen and Chad Rogers, like thousands of other disabled veterans across the U.S., feel like they’re getting the shaft. Rogers and Allen are hoping a proposed bill, the Major Richard Star Act, receives congressional approval and is passed into law this year, providing them with the military benefits they say…
The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland are visiting Washington today for talks with State Secretary Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance. The meeting follows nearly two weeks of escalating threats from President Trump about annexing Greenland, even if it requires using the U.S. military. Preview: “We face a geopolitical…
Ten thousand armed coal miners held Blair Mountain in late August 1921. They faced machine gun nests, private planes dropping bombs, and a growing force of deputies backed by coal company money. Then President Warren Harding made a decision that would end the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War.He…
Heating a chicken coop in winter can be risky if done wrong. Dust, bedding, feathers, and confined spaces create a real fire hazard, and many chicken keepers have learned this the hard way. After researching dozens of options and using radiant heaters for multiple winters, including sub-zero temperatures down to…
