Sgt. Jonathan M. Lee, 27, is charged with first-degree murder and remained in the Geary County Detention Center on Wednesday with bond set at $1 million.

The Pentagon budget for 2025 is about $850 billion, with broad consensus on Capitol Hill that extensive spending is necessary to deter threats posed by China and Russia, in particular. If adopted in full, the proposed cuts would include tens of billions of dollars in each of the next five years.

Fifty active-duty and veteran military members represented Team U.S. at the 2025 Invictus Games in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.

An Israeli official says the bodies of a mother and her two young children whose fate was uncertain and a retired journalist in his 80s are expected to be among those returned by Hamas militants in the latest handover as part of the ceasefire agreement that has paused fighting in Gaza.

The proposed fund is meant to accelerate the build-up of the NATO member’s combat capability and could also help with additional military support for Ukraine. Denmark spent 2.4% of GDP on defense last year, above the existing 2% target for NATO members.

German and local national employees at U.S. military installations in the state of Rheinland-Pfalz are scheduled to strike Friday, the trade union Ver.di announced in a statement Wednesday.

The flights follow U.S. military statements that it had increased surveillance capabilities along the countries’ shared border. Mexico’s defense secretary last week said that U.S. military planes had not entered Mexican airspace, but that he couldn’t rule out they were spying.

Military health care beneficiaries are being urged to download their digital health records from the Tricare online patient portal before April 1 to retain copies.

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to Trump’s order last month that set up the new formal designation by saying Mexico would defend its sovereignty and independence while seeking coordination.

A joint Air Force and Space Force team successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile early morning on Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.