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U.S. military troops deployed a laser to shoot down three drones this week that criminal cartels reportedly used to gather information about American operations along the U.S.-Mexico border, officials with U.S. Northern Command said Thursday.

The commander of U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces have cleared all the sea mines that Iran spread along the internationally recognized maritime transit routes in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran on Friday urged its international trading partners not to abide by new U.S. sanctions targeting Tehran, insisting that attempts to economically isolate the country are "illegal and unjustified."

Lt. Gen. John Rafferty, the commander of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, joins the show from the recent Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Alabama.

A federal judge barred the Defense Department from enforcing its ban on using technology from Anthropic, a leading AI firm, calling the prohibition more a fit of rage than a well-founded policy.

The State Department imposed sanctions on an Italian leftist group that supplies digital support to Antifa and other extremists, including a group in Oregon, according to information released by the department on domestic terrorists.

The Trump administration desperately needs Western Hemisphere partners to help battle powerful drug cartels and stem the tide of Chinese influence across the Americas. It may have a new one in Keiko Fujimori, Peru's recently inaugurated president.

President Trump has declared a national emergency aiming to block utilities from connecting some foreign-made equipment to the U.S. electric grid.

Qatar's prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, continued his Iran war mediation efforts, meeting Thursday with Iranian officials as the conflict nears its six-month mark.

The Pentagon on Thursday pressed U.S. allies at NATO to prove they are stepping up their defense of Europe as Washington shifts its attention to security challenges closer to home and in the Indo-Pacific region.