President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held their first call in seven weeks, a conversation that comes as Israel expands its ground incursion into Lebanon and considers how to respond to Iran’s recent ballistic missile attack.

President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he is postponing a planned trip to Germany and Angola to stay at the White House to monitor Hurricane Milton, as it spins closer to Florida’s Gulf Coast.

A planned visit to Washington by Israel’s top defense official was abruptly canceled by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. officials said, a sign of tensions between the two allies that casts doubt on whether the Biden administration can prevent Israel’s multifront conflict from exploding into wider war.

A U.S. Marine whose adoption of an Afghan war orphan has spurred a years-long legal battle and raised alarms at the highest levels of government will remain on active duty. A three-member panel of Marines found that while Maj. Joshua Mast acted in a way unbecoming of an officer in his zealous quest to bring home the baby girl, it did not warrant his separation from the military.

Millions of people on Florida’s Gulf Coast are preparing to evacuate as Hurricane Milton threatens their lives. But not the zoo and aquarium animals, and some workers, of Tampa.

The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the U.S., the Justice Department said Tuesday.

According to the book, a September 2022 intelligence assessment caused alarm across the Biden administration, as it moved the chance of Russia using nukes in Ukraine up from 5% to 10% to 50%.

Many glitches have occurred throughout the history of U.S. elections. Yet election workers across America have consistently pulled off presidential elections and accurately tallied the results — and there’s no reason to believe this year will be any different.

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is looking for qualified employees, and a two-day job fair began Tuesday morning to fill positions across the organization.

Army Command Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) Mike Birnbaum of Rapid City was honored with a Quilt of Valor for more than 38 years of South Dakota National Guard service. He was given the quilt during a ceremony on Oct. 2 at Joint Force Headquarters on Camp Rapid.

Steve Rochette, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District, told NJ Advance Media this week that the newest work coming will include:

The Air Force and Navy moved aircraft and ships out of the path of Hurricane Milton on Tuesday as the storm churned toward Florida’s west coast.

Dozens of hospitals and outpatient clinics run by the Department of Veterans Affairs in cities along Florida’s Gulf Coast are shuttering buildings, canceling appointments and moving in-person visits to virtual exams as Hurricane Milton is forecast to strike the Tampa Bay area by late Wednesday.

The Navy is considering improved pay and working conditions for civilian mariners among the fixes it hopes will address the manpower shortage crippling its logistics fleet.

But those election rules, which Fuentes said mirror state election rules, don’t allow someone who is continuing to work in another field to mention previous jobs or experience.

Millions of Floridians have been ordered to evacuate from the Gulf Coast as an approaching major hurricane threatens the first direct strike on the densely populated Tampa Bay area in 100 years.

Actor David Boreanaz participated in a USO mission immersion tour in the Washington, D.C. area, where he visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps and met military service members to get an exclusive look into their daily lives.

The Oregon National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment prepared for its upcoming mission to help keep peace in Kosovo.