Iran praises US for cutting foreign aid funding as it looks for Trump message on nuclear talks

Iran’s government seems to be welcoming some recent decisions by the United States — even though they happen to come from a man Iranian operatives have allegedly been plotting to assassinate.

US Postal Service flip-flops on Hong Kong-China packages, lifting ban imposed day earlier

The U.S. Postal Service is reversing course a day after placing a ban on all inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong.

More than 100 Indian migrants deported on US military plane arrive home

A U.S. military plane carrying 104 deported Indian migrants has arrived in a northern Indian city, the first such flight to the country as part of a crackdown ordered by the Trump administration, airport officials said.

New bill would offer troops annual physicals with expanded medical testing

The Specialist Joey Lenz Act of 2025 directs the defense secretary to offer service members a yearly sports physical alongside an electrocardiogram and blood work that includes a comprehensive metabolic panel and complete blood count.

Growler’s precautionary arrested landing diverts other Navy flights in Japan

Several U.S. Navy aircraft were diverted to other airfields in Japan after an E/A-18G Growler made a precautionary arrested landing at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, the Marine Corps said.

AAFES plans dental clinic for civilians at airlift hub in western Tokyo

A new dental clinic is in the works to serve American civilians at the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo.

Air Force places career training on hold while services scrub DEI content

The Air Force has temporarily halted career development courses as part of a broader effort to remove diversity, equity and inclusion-related content from military training and education.

The Gaza Strip has long been a powder keg. Here’s a look at the history of the embattled region

Gaza has long been a powder keg, and it exploded after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and began killing and abducting people, sparking a crushing Israeli military operation there that’s only recently reached an uneasy ceasefire.

Trump administration pulling almost all USAID workers off the job worldwide

The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is pulling almost all U.S. Agency for International Development workers off the job and out of the field worldwide, moving to all but end a six-decade mission to shore up American security by fighting starvation, funding education and working to end epidemics.

Senate confirms Pam Bondi as US attorney general, putting Trump ally at Justice Department’s helm

The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general Tuesday evening, putting a longtime ally of Donald Trump at the helm of a Justice Department.

Japan bolsters anti-air defense with $900 million purchase of US missiles

The United States has approved a $900 million missile sale to Japan, the third major arms purchase of its kind by the American ally in a little over a year.

Army lieutenant colonel sentenced to 10 months in prison for beating wife

Lt. Col. Greg Pasquantonio, an Army aviation trainer assigned to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, will spend 10 months in prison after beating his former wife so severely that he broke eight of her ribs, requiring her to spend five days in the hospital, according to prosecutors.

‘Give it a shot:’ Special Forces instructors seek more Green Beret hopefuls

Recruiting shortfalls across the entire Army and flat Special Operations budgets have contributed to a smaller-than-ideal number of Special Forces hopefuls entering training courses, officials said. Nonetheless, the special warfare school has managed to produce enough Green Berets to maintain a healthy Special Forces community.

Arizona couple pleads guilty to $1.2B insurance scheme targeting elderly and terminally ill veterans and service members

Alexandra Gehrke, 39, and Jeffrey King, 46, admitted to running medical companies from 2022 to 2024 that submitted more than $1.2 billion in false claims to Medicare and insurance programs that cover active-duty service members, disabled veterans and their families.

US has frozen funding for the UN-backed mission to quell gangs in Haiti, UN says

The U.S. has been the biggest contributor to the mission led by Kenyan police, which was launched last year and is struggling with a lack of funding and personnel.

The beginnings of USAID can be traced to a famine in Belgium

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

First military deportation flights from US take off for Guantanamo as sailors help Marines prep for incoming migrants

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, Trump’s pick to oversee US spy agencies, clears Senate committee

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 90K-square-foot center at Army’s special warfare school brings holistic health under one roof at Fort Liberty

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.