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Sen. Markwayne Mullin, President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, cleared his first hurdle Thursday by winning approval in a Senate committee, overcoming the opposition of fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is scheduled Thursday to meet with President Trump at the White House as the U.S. commander-in-chief seeks assistance from allies to protect the Strait of Hormuz amid the war against Iran.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday confirmed reports that the Defense Department is asking Congress for upwards of $200 billion to support the ongoing military operations in Iran.

In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray.

President Trump is threatening to "massively blow up" a major gas field in Iran if the Islamic Republic launches any more attacks on Qatar's gas facilities.

Advanced technology and low-yield nuclear weapons highlight the most complex and strategic threat environment for the United States since World War II, the new commander of the Strategic Command says.

The United Arab Emirates early Thursday denounced Iran's attacks targeting its Habshan gas facility and Bab field as a "dangerous escalation" as Israel and the United States escalate their war on the Islamic Republic.

Joe Kent, the former counterterrorism director who resigned this week over concerns about the Iran war, said Wednesday that he and other senior officials with doubts about the airstrikes "were not allowed" to share them with President Donald Trump.

The FBI said Wednesday that a suspicious package found outside a gate at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa earlier this week contained "possible energetic materials."

A former Oregon high school principal who was placed on administrative leave following controversial remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been sentenced to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to ...