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Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao on Saturday vowed to build ships after his predecessor, John Phelan, was fired this week amid President Trump's push for accelerated shipbuilding. Cao posted a video to social media listing his priorities to service members in the Navy, starting off with taking "care of your needs and make sure you...

Newsmax host Greg Kelly tore into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday over the firing of Navy Secretary John Phelan, the latest in a series of abrupt departures from the Pentagon amid the conflict with Iran. Kelly slammed Hegseth as a “DESPICABLE guy” and “Insecure FAKE” in a post on the social platform X, suggesting...

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that he is “not optimistic” about U.S. and Iranian officials reaching an agreement to end hostilities when they meet for another round of indirect peace talks in Islamabad on Saturday. “Look, I don’t fault them [U.S. officials] for trying to go engage in diplomacy, get an outcome,...

U.S. and Iranian officials are expected in Islamabad on Saturday for another round of Pakistani-brokered talks to end the nearly two-month conflict, but Tehran has ruled out a face-to-face meeting. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, the lead Iranian negotiator, arrived in the Pakistani capital on Friday, according to the nation's Foreign Ministry. Araghchi said in...

A giant banner hangs on the side of a building in Tehran’s central Enqelab Square declaring, “The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed; the entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground.” It’s a blaring reminder of Iran’s key point of leverage in its war against the United States and Israel; and it's a signal of...