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Trump unveils $175B, 3-year price tag for Golden Dome

The first tranche of funding would come from Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” that Congress has yet to pass.

May 21, 2025 7:44 am CET

Qatar calls reports of pending jet gift to Trump ‘inaccurate’

The president might end up with a luxury jumbo jet, but it won’t happen this week.

May 12, 2025 5:13 am CET

US fighter jet falls overboard while avoiding Houthi attack

The $60M mishap adds to an increasingly expensive price tag in the administration’s effort against the Iran-backed group.

April 29, 2025 1:23 am CET

Europe shows withdrawal symptoms after 75 years of addiction to US troops

European capitals are divided on how to respond to a probable reduction of America’s military presence.

April 25, 2025 4:32 am CET

DOGE loses its biggest advocate as Musk exits Washington

The tech mogul’s public pullback will come as relief to some Cabinet officials.

April 23, 2025 11:21 pm CET

The vicious rivalries tearing apart Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon

A feud between the secretary’s advisers and his chief of staff created backbiting and distrust that has erupted into the open.

April 23, 2025 5:04 am CET

Senate Republican wants to hold hearings on a 9/11 conspiracy theory

Sen. Ron Johnson could use his gavel of a far-reaching committee to probe the 2001 attacks.

April 22, 2025 8:07 pm CET

CDU oder SPD: Wer bestimmt die Klimapolitik?

– Zurückdrehen der Ampel-Politik: Wie die Union die jetzige Klima-Außenpolitik neu aufstellen und damit nicht nur das Wirtschaftsministerium sondern auch das Auswärtige Amt beschneiden könnte, berichtet Hans …

April 22, 2025 5:47 am CET

Former Pentagon official warns department’s dysfunction could topple Hegseth

“The last month has been a full-blown meltdown at the Pentagon,” John Ullyot, the former top Defense Department spokesperson, wrote in a POLITICO Magazine opinion piece.

April 21, 2025 4:54 am CET

Pentagon fires Greenland base commander after she criticized JD Vance visit

Actions to “subvert President Trump’s agenda will not be tolerated,” U.S. military warns.

April 11, 2025 11:37 am CET

Top commander warns US troops should stay in Europe

His comments follow reports that the Pentagon is considering removing thousands of servicemembers from the continent.

April 8, 2025 6:19 pm CET

Trump, Hegseth promise record $1 trillion Pentagon budget

The surprise announcement comes as the Defense Department prepares to lay off tens of thousands of civilians.

April 8, 2025 5:53 am CET
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Trump fires a top US military official to NATO

Conservative media has targeted Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield for comments she made about diversity.

April 7, 2025 11:01 pm CET

Trump’s firing of NSA chief is ‘rolling out the red carpet” for cyber attacks

Gen. Timothy Haugh’s firing as head of the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command has left lawmakers worried about the future of the nation’s cyber defenses.

April 5, 2025 12:55 pm CET

Trump’s tariffs threaten US weapons production

The program could make it more difficult for America to produce weapons — and keep allies.

April 4, 2025 12:45 am CET

‘I hope he’s right’: Markets tumble on tariffs — but Trump isn’t flinching

Americans watched in horror as their 401(k)s plunged Thursday morning after the markets opened.

April 3, 2025 8:03 pm CET

Trump allies are starting to notice Hegseth’s growing pile of mistakes

The White House is publicly defending Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after he texted sensitive military information in a Signal chat. But behind the scenes, administration insiders are …

March 28, 2025 1:36 am CET

Vance broke with Trump over Houthi airstrikes, group chat report says

A behind-the-scenes foreign policy disagreement between President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance spilled into public Monday, an extraordinary example of Vance breaking with Trump and …

March 24, 2025 9:55 pm CET

America’s global AIDS relief program is on the brink

President Trump is taking apart one of George W. Bush’s proudest achievements.

March 23, 2025 11:15 am CET

Leakers to Musk: We’re ‘not Elon’s servants’

Even before Musk’s comments, federal workers felt vulnerable and increasingly incensed.

March 22, 2025 1:55 pm CET

Trump sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East in escalation against Houthis

The move signals the likelihood of an increased bombing campaign against the Iran-backed group.

March 22, 2025 11:22 am CET

Elon Musk threatens Pentagon leakers after NYT report on secret China war briefing

“They will be found,” warns U.S. President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser as White House lashes out at the media.

March 21, 2025 9:42 am CET

After the North Sea tanker crash, a multi-million dollar battle over who’s to blame

A week after the tanker crash off the English coast, officials are trying to work out the damage done — and who is going to pick up the bill.

March 19, 2025 4:59 am CET

Europe’s military heavyweights call for defense industry deregulation

15 countries are ready to move forward on security guarantees for Ukraine, France’s Lecornu said, without naming them.

March 12, 2025 11:11 pm CET
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