The Pentagon it is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles, accounting for nearly half of the soldiers sent to the city to deal with protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

The U.S. military assesses that its operations in 2024 resulted in two civilian deaths and two civilian injuries in the Middle East, the Pentagon wrote in its annual report to Congress.

Virgin Islands veterans can now be reimbursed for travel when receiving medical care on the mainland United States or Puerto Rico.

Atlantic Alliance 2025, the largest amphibious exercise in the Western Atlantic in over a decade, included the U.S. 2nd Fleet and 2nd Marine Division, the Royal Netherlands Navy and Marines, and the United Kingdom Commandos. 

Jessica Killin, a Democrat, will take on freshman Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank for the El Paso County district in Colorado. The seat has long been a Republican stronghold, with Crank winning it by 14 percentage points in 2024.

The hearing is the first time Mike Waltz is facing lawmakers since he was ousted as national security adviser for mistakenly adding a journalist to a private chat used to discuss sensitive military plans. An hour into the hearing, no senators had mentioned it.

Apple Inc. has struck a $500 million deal to buy rare-earth minerals from MP Materials Corp., the U.S. producer that just last week secured backing from the Pentagon.

Fort Rucker is making its name change official — its second in two years’ time. The base’s new namesake is Capt. Edward W. Rucker, a Missouri native who was called into service in 1916 and saw action in France during World War I.

Despite the DOD cancelling a national security grant related to biological threats, Harvard informed the court that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) had still sent the university payment.

The Department of Homeland Security said it was ending Temporary Protected Status for 11,700 people from Afghanistan. Critics argue the decision ignores the risks many Afghans face, especially those who aided U.S. forces during the war.