This aid was also about containment and stability, a way to strengthen struggling nations against being subsumed by the Soviet Union.

The first military flights to deport migrants from the United States to Naval Base Guantanamo Bay were slated to take off Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to be President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence cleared a key Senate committee Tuesday despite concerns raised about her past comments sympathetic to Russia and a meeting with Syria’s now-deposed leader.

New gym at Fort Liberty, N.C., is part of the new $43 million, 90,000-square-foot John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School’s new Human Performance Force Generation building. It’s designed to help soldiers with diet, health and fitness.

Collins, 58, has pledged to protect veterans benefits from potential funding cuts and expressed support for expanding access to medical care outside the VA system.

Ahmad al-Sharaa, who was appointed Syria’s interim president last week, appeared to have been welcomed in Ankara Tuesday with a low-key ceremony. Talks expected to focus on Syria’s economic recovery and the presence of Kurdish-led forces in the north of the country that Turkey considers to be a security threat.

The remains of all 67 victims of last week’s midair collision of an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter near the nation’s capital have been recovered, authorities said Tuesday. All but one has been identified.

At least 10 people, including the gunman, were killed Tuesday at an adult education center in what Sweden’s prime minister called the country’s worst mass shooting. But a final death toll, a conclusive number of wounded and a motive hadn’t yet been determined hours later.

Russia’s crude exports have yet to be curtailed by the latest U.S. sanctions to target its oil, with flows broadly stable. But while loading cargoes onto tankers is one thing, getting them off is another — and signs are emerging that the curbs are stalling the completion of shipments.

The crew of the USS Fort Worth gathered Monday to celebrate the milestone birthday of Elsie “Kitty” Rippin, a World War II Navy veteran, who turned 101 years old Friday.

In eastern Ukraine, a concert hall requisitioned as a shelter houses people driven from their homes. The center costs the equivalent of $7,000 a month to run, and 60% of that was being covered by U.S. funds sent to help Ukraine. U.S. military aid has not been frozen.

The measures include an amendment to the country’s personal status law to give Islamic courts increased authority over family matters, including marriage, divorce and inheritance.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared on track to become the nation’s health secretary after winning the crucial support of Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, a doctor who says Kennedy has assured him he would not topple the nation’s childhood vaccination program.

China announced retaliatory tariffs on select American imports and an antitrust investigation into Google on Tuesday, just minutes after a sweeping levy on Chinese products imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump took effect.

It is Vice President JD Vance’s first scheduled trip abroad since taking office. The AI Action Summit on Feb. 10-11 will gather heads of state and top government officials, CEOs and other actors. China’s Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang is also among those expected to attend.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was exploring whether he can move forward with El Salvador’s offer to accept and jail violent American criminals in the “most severe cases,” even as he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both say it raises clear legal issues.

As Ukrainian officials considered how to sway a skeptical President Donald Trump to continue supporting their country, one strategy was to appeal to Trump’s so-called businesslike approach and offer him a trade - say, rare earth minerals - to get something in return.

Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado will not process and house detained immigrants after all, U.S. Rep. Jason Crow said.

U.S. and Philippine fighter aircraft have staged a joint patrol and training over a disputed South China Sea shoal where Chinese fighter jets fired flares last year to drive away a Philippine aircraft.