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President Trump said the U.S. is considering scaling back its military operations in Iran because the U.S. is close to achieving its objectives in the conflict, which is about to enter its fourth week.

Three weeks into an escalating war in the Middle East, Iran threatened Friday to expand its retaliatory attacks to include recreational and tourist sites worldwide, as the U.S. announced it was sending more warships and Marines to the region.

A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administration from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters' access to the Pentagon, ruling that key portions of the new rules are unlawful.

President Trump dismissed the prospect of a ceasefire with Iran, saying that the U.S. has won the war and has the upper hand over Tehran.

Beyond the deaths of 13 U.S. troops, oil prices in a tailspin, and a regional war ignited in the Middle East, Operation Epic Fury has also detonated a grenade inside the 2028 Republican primary.

President Trump says other countries will have to help break Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz eventually because they rely on the waterway for their energy far more than the U.S. does.

A sizable number of U.S. Patriot air defense missiles have been moved from Europe toward the Middle East as Washington diverts resources toward its war on Iran, leaving concerning gaps in Europe's air defenses against Russia, U.S. defense officials ...

Federal authorities indicted three men charged with conspiracy to sell sophisticated artificial intelligence servers containing Nvidia chips to China in violation of U.S. export controls.

The U.S. military struck an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday, leaving three survivors, U.S. Southern Command announced.

Democrats are pushing back on Republicans' claim that they are adding new demands in negotiations to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.