The United States is entering a particularly strange and dangerous era. As the Trump administration questions the existing world order and moves to distance itself from long-standing alliances and commitments, threats to our nation will inevitably adapt, evolve, and likely increase.

Jared Isaacman, the nominee for NASA administrato, needs to keep his eye on the moon and resist Musk’s gravitational pull toward the red planet.

A March 20 executive order signed by President Donald Trump is a badly needed wake-up call. It brings home the reality of a long ignored, self-created resource collapse issue. The order invokes his wartime powers to dramatically increase the production of critical rare earth minerals.

The narrative around the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has been dominated for too long by soundbites and sensational headlines. While very real and persistent issues need to be addressed, what we often don’t hear is how VHA addresses the profound health challenges faced by veterans who need specialized care.

Military dining facilities (DFACs) are supposed to provide service members with solid, healthy meals. But they have come under scrutiny for providing inadequate service and for not being transparent about how they’re spending their money.

Once, the United States was an uncontested superpower capable of fielding a military more powerful and more advanced than any other. No longer. Instead, a rival has emerged that poses a serious and credible threat to America and its allies.

To meet the demands of great power competition and ensure strategic flexibility in the years ahead, the Navy must establish a permanent F-35 presence on the East Coast. Virginia Rep. Jen Kiggans says NAS Oceana is ready.

The doubt of living through unfolding history can be acute, all the more so when news cycles spin faster than ever before. Uncertainty, however, is the permanent human condition, and it can be a gift. Maybe the film “Conclave” got it right: “Certainty is the deadly enemy of tolerance.”

Has the intelligence community simply stopped thinking about the environment as a security challenge? Does this matter? Is climate change really a national security threat?

Good neighbors help each other. They check in during tough times, shovel snow and lend tools. However, parents can go to jail if families team up for homeschooling in Wisconsin.