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President Donald Trump, from right, and first lady Melania Trump attend a tea with China’s President Xi Jinping, from left, and his wife Peng Liyuan in the Red Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Trump disputes his ambassador’s account that he asked China’s president if he wanted to buy US arms

September 28, 2026 at 4:01 p.m.

President Donald Trump disputed that he asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States, contradicting an account from the U.S. ambassador to China.

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrives at the port in Laem Chabang, Chonburi, Thailand, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

8 sailors in USS Lincoln group attempted suicide on extended deployment, Navy leader says

September 24, 2026 at 10:22 a.m.

Eight sailors attempted suicide while deployed with the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, which spent a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war, the Navy’s top...

FILE – A motorboat travels past commercial vessels anchored amid haze in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Cost of Iran war grows to $43.6 billion in latest US military estimate

September 18, 2026 at 9:51 p.m.

The U.S. military’s price tag for the Iran war has grown to $43.6 billion as of Sept. 3.

A boy walks on shallow water as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

Iran fires on its Gulf neighbors after US military strikes Iran after a monthlong lull

September 2, 2026 at 6:18 a.m.

Iran fired on U.S. allies in the Gulf early Wednesday following a night of American bombardment that Iranian officials say included a deadly strike on a wedding party.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Iranian official says two people were killed when a US strike hit a house hosting a wedding

September 1, 2026 at 6:12 p.m.

The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones in response as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more...

FILE – U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll speaks at the America 250 celebration at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker, File)

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, White House says

August 31, 2026 at 6:34 p.m.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House said Monday, in the latest departure of a top military leader during the Trump...

People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

US forces strike Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks

August 30, 2026 at 4:53 p.m.

U.S. forces have struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in the first military action in a month, a U.S. official said Sunday.

FILE – The USS George Washington aircraft carrier is pictured off the coast of Argentina, May 30, 2024.(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)

US aircraft carrier arrives in Middle East, relieving long-deployed USS Lincoln

August 20, 2026 at 4:05 p.m.

The U.S. military says the Asia-based USS George Washington aircraft carrier is now operating in the Middle East.

The USS Gerald R. Ford departs from Souda Naval Base near Chania on the island of Crete, Greece, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis, File)

US pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran and the Western Hemisphere

August 15, 2026 at 12:30 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s war against Iran is stretching the limits of U.S. aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one of the key American warships as China shows more...

FILE – U.S. and Russian national flags wave on the wind at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, Russia, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/ Ivan Sekretarev, File)

Former US Marine held in Russia for more than 4 years on disputed charges has been released

August 11, 2026 at 3:48 p.m.

Russia released an American military veteran on Tuesday, allowing his return to the U.S. after four years of what his family and U.S. officials allege was wrongful incarceration and abusive...

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