Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday defended the U.S. military's recent strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in response to a recent report from The Washington Post. “As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland,” Hegseth said Friday evening in a...

Washington, D.C., police said they are working in “close coordination” with the National Guard to ensure safety after two National Guard members from West Virginia were shot on Wednesday close to the White House. “Law enforcement agencies across Washington, DC, including the Metropolitan Police Department, are working in close coordination with the National Guard to...

The suspect in Wednesday’s shooting in Washington, D.C., now faces first-degree murder charges, after U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died from her wounds Thursday. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is accused of shooting Beckstrom and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, members of the West Virginia National Guard on deployment in the nation’s capital, now faces...

Commentator Stephen A. Smith slammed Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) this week for urging service members to disobey illegal orders from the Trump administration.  Smith, while criticizing President Trump’s rhetoric toward Kelly and five other Democratic lawmakers who released a video calling for active-duty military and intelligence personnel to ignore unlawful orders last week, said...

President Trump on Thursday suggested the United States will “very soon” take action against alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers on land after weeks of repeated strikes in the Caribbean. “In recent weeks, you’ve been working to deter Venezuelan drug traffickers, of which there are many," Trump told military personnel in remarks on Thanksgiving. "Of course, there...