Pentagon Says Hegseth’s Order Will Redirect Spending, Not Make Actual Cuts The Pentagon wants to shift spending to Trump's plan for an 'Iron Dome for America,' which will have a huge price tag and likely start a new arms race
Report: Hegseth Orders Pentagon To Make Sweeping Budget Cuts According to The Washington Post, he ordered plans to cut the budget by 8% each year for five years, which would cut spending by about $290 billion
Israel ‘Committed’ to Ceasefire But Continues Burning South Lebanon Homes Likely Israeli troops to remain in Lebanon beyond deadline
Massive Israeli Destruction Continues in Southern Lebanon as Ceasefire Enters Final Week President Aoun and UN Chief both urge Israel to withdraw by deadline
Israel Launches New Raids, Demolitions in Southern Lebanon as Ceasefire Deadline Looms US Major General: Israeli pullout on a ‘very positive path’
US Sets Up New North Syria Base With Allied Kurds Near Turkish Border Fighting continues to rage between Kurdish SDF, Turkey
Fighting Between Turkey, Syrian Kurds Escalates, at Least 31 Killed SDF claims Turkey has been setting up military bases inside Syrian, near Manbij
US-Backed Kurdish Forces Attack East Syrian Villages Intense clashes as US artillery shells village of Khasham
Pentagon Opens Review Of Its Clandestine Psychological Operations The move came after a report on fake US military-linked accounts that were promoting pro-Western narratives on Facebook and Twitter
US Plans to Train 3,500 More Kurdish SDF Forces in Syria in 2023 US-backed SDF among the largest users of child soldiers in Syria