After meeting with Trump, Jordan’s king says his country opposes displacing Palestinians in Gaza

President Donald Trump hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday and renewed his insistence that Gaza could somehow be emptied of all residents, controlled by the U.S. and redeveloped as a tourist area.

Venezuela sends 2 planes to US to return migrants, signaling a potential improvement in relations

Two Venezuelan planes have flown to the U.S. and returned home with its citizens deported from the country. Monday’s flights represent a possible improvement in relations between longtime diplomatic adversaries and a victory for President Donald Trump in his efforts to get more countries to take their migrants back. 

‘Bragg is back’: Defense secretary restores name of Army post in North Carolina

Fort Liberty, the Army’s largest post, is once again Fort Bragg but without the Confederate tie.

Pacific Air Forces’ new cyber directorate prepares for ‘great power’ conflict

Pacific Air Forces has stood up a directorate consolidating the combatant command’s approach to cyber operations and communications with the aim of modernizing infrastructure in an era of economic and military competition with China.

Coast Guard stops sailboat carrying over 130 Haitian migrants near the Florida Keys

The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted an overloaded migrant boat carrying more than 130 people from Haiti, including small children, near the Florida Keys last week.

New strain of bird flu is detected in a Nevada dairy worker, CDC says

A dairy worker in Nevada was infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has been spreading in U.S. herds since last year, federal health officials said Monday.

Proposed bipartisan bill supported by Carroll lawmakers targets fentanyl and heroin dealers

State lawmakers are again attempting to pass a bill that would dole out stricter punishments for dealers of heroin or fentanyl.

Trump says he is considering tariff exemptions on Australian steel and aluminum

U.S. President Donald Trump said he agreed to consider a tariff exemption on Australian steel and aluminum imports after a telephone call on Tuesday with Australia’s prime minister.

Trump fires top US ethics official and head of agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers

President Donald Trump has fired the federal government’s top ethics official as well as the leader of the agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers — the latest moves in the Republican president’s sweeping effort to shrink and reshape the government.

Military backs out of recruiting at science and engineering conference as part of DEI purge

Military organizations have backed out of an engineering, science and technology conference set for this weekend as part of a new Pentagon policy that bans diversity-focused events.

Scientists warn Trump’s medical research cuts endanger patients as judge blocks the move for now

Scientists warn the Trump administration’s drastic cuts for medical research endanger patients, will cost thousands of jobs – and threaten America’s standing as a world leader in science and innovation.

Former soldier sentenced for sexually abusing a child at JBLM

Former Staff Sgt. Cameron James Taylor returned to the Seattle area after leaving the Army with an other-than-honorable discharge, where he was convicted in 2019 for sexually assaulting a five-year-old child. Investigators interviewed other children who had been in contact with him and uncovered a 2012 incident that took place at Lewis-McChord.

Coast Guard calls off search for missing cutter crew member

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for Seaman Bryan K. Lee, who was reported missing from the Cutter Waesche while operating in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Hegseth stops transgender recruits from joining the force, halts medical procedures

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has stopped new transgender recruits from joining the military and halted medical procedures for service members diagnosed with gender dysphoria, according to a new memorandum.

Minnesota Air National Guard airmen brave the elements with cold-water immersion training

Minnesota Air National Guard students from the cold weather operations course at Camp Ripley Training Center participated in a cold-water immersion.

Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending

A federal judge found Monday that the Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending and told the White House to release billions of dollars in funding. The Trump administration quickly appealed the ruling.

UN suspends its humanitarian work in Houthi rebels’ stronghold in Yemen after more staff detentions

The United Nations’ decision affects the response to one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. The Houthi rebels in recent months have detained dozens of U.N. staffers, as well as individuals associated with aid groups, civil society and the once-open U.S. Embassy.

Kosovo’s prime minister looks for allies for new Cabinet after failing to win parliamentary majority

Kurti is also likely to try and repair ties with Western powers, at odds since his Cabinet took several steps that raised tensions with Serbia and Kosovo’s ethnic Serbs, including the ban on the use of the Serbian currency, the dinar, and dinar transfers to Kosovo’s Serbs.

Hamas says it will delay the release of more hostages, putting Gaza ceasefire at risk

Hamas said Monday it will delay the further release of hostages in the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire that now faces its most serious crisis since it began three weeks ago.