National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Tuesday refuted a report from POLITICO that said President Biden was considering conditioning military aid to Israel if it invades Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip city that's packed with 1.5 million Palestinians. "We’re not...
President Biden has requested a record $895 billion in military spending for the 2025 fiscal year. Of that amount, about $850 billion will go to the Pentagon, and the remaining funds will go to other US federal agencies for military programs, including the Energy...
Tensions continue to rise on the Lebanon-Israel border today, with Israel carrying out airstrikes against northeastern Lebanon, not far from the Syrian border, leveling a warehouse containing food and killing at least two people. Officially, Israel says the two...
The White House announced on Tuesday that the US is sending a new $300 million arms package to Ukraine that includes more cluster bombs, which are notorious for killing and maiming civilians. The arms package is the first for Ukraine to be announced since December 27,...
This week, a committee in Idaho's House of Representatives will take up the Defend the Guard Act, legislation that would prohibit the state's National Guard from being deployed to combat zones without a formal declaration of war from Congress. Idaho's Senate has...
The US launched a series of missile strikes against targets in Yemen's Red Sea province of Hodeidah on Monday as the US bombing campaign against the Houthis continues. US Central Command said it conducted six strikes and claimed it destroyed "an unmanned underwater...
An annual "threat assessment" compiled by US intelligence agencies was released on Monday and said that Israel will likely face resistance from Hamas for years to come, another sign that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's stated goal of "eradicating" the...
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signed a bill into law last week that conflates some criticisms of the modern state of Israel with anti-Semitism. By signing the bill into law, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism must...
The Pentagon needs $10 billion to replace weapons in US military stockpiles that have already been sent to Ukraine, a Defense Department official has told POLITICO. The $60 billion President Biden is seeking includes funding to replenish US military stockpiles. The...
Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski confirmed in comments on Friday that NATO troops are inside Ukraine but would not name the countries who have personnel on the ground. "NATO soldiers are already present in Ukraine. And I would like to thank the ambassadors of...
