US Fires HIMARS Rockets Into the South China Sea in Drills With the Philippines The live-fire drill on the Philippine island province of Palawan was part of the US and Philippines' annual Balikatan Exercise
Hegseth Orders Pentagon To Focus on Preparing for War With China Over Taiwan In an internal memo, Hegseth called China the 'sole pacing threat'
US Releases $870 Million in Military Aid for Taiwan, Angering China The US has sold weapons to Taiwan for decades and started providing US-funded aid in 2023
Trump Declines To Say Whether the US Would Defend Taiwan If China Attacked President Biden repeatedly declared that he would defend Taiwan, breaking from the decades-old policy of strategic ambiguity
China Says Trump Admin’s Change To US Fact Sheet on Taiwan Damages Relations The State Department removed a line from its fact sheet that said the US 'does not support Taiwan independence'
Trump: Military Spending Could Be Cut in Half and There’s No Reason To Build New Nuclear Weapons The president said he wants to have a global conference with Russia and China to discuss cutting military spending
Two US Navy Ships Transit Taiwan Strait for First Time Under New Trump Admin The Chinese military tracked the transit and said it sends the 'wrong signals and increases security risks'
US Bombers Join Philippine Jets in Flight Near Chinese-Controlled Shoal The Philippines said it was the first joint drill with the US under the Trump administration
After Meeting With Rubio, Panama’s President Says ‘No Real Threat’ From US To Seize Canal Rubio told Panama it needs to reduce 'Chinese influence' over the canal, a reference to a Hong Kong-based company that manages two ports
Trump Says He Wants To Work With China and Russia on ‘Denuclearization’ The president said that Putin liked the idea of cutting back on the number of nuclear weapons during conversations in his previous term
