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FILE – Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard sits in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, July 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband’s health

May 22, 2026 at 12:53 p.m.

Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth Cabinet official...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Skeptical Democrats confront Hegseth about Iran war for the first time since conflict started

April 29, 2026 at 3:10 p.m.

Making his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war in Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning from skeptical Democrats Wednesday over a costly conflict...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addresses the media at the Meeting in Defence of Democracy summit, in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

2 US officials killed in Mexico crash after anti-drug operation worked for CIA, AP sources say

April 22, 2026 at 7:18 a.m.

Two U.S. officials killed in a vehicle crash as they returned from destroying a clandestine drug lab in northern Mexico over the weekend were working for the CIA, according to...

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

US military will target Iran-linked ships worldwide, broadening scope beyond blockade

April 16, 2026 at 9:38 p.m.

The U.S. military has widened its efforts beyond the blockade of Iran’s ports.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters outside the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump urges extending foreign surveillance program as some lawmakers push for US privacy protections

April 15, 2026 at 6:32 p.m.

Congress is set to take up the reauthorization of a divisive program that lets U.S. spy agencies pore over foreigners’ calls, texts and emails.

FILE – Joe Kent, Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios Oct. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Top counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigns over Trump’s Iran war, says Iran posed no imminent threat

March 17, 2026 at 11:18 a.m.

Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing his concerns about the justification for military strikes in Iran and saying he “cannot in...

FILE – The CEO of FireEye Kevin Mandia gives a tour of the cybersecurity company’s unused office space in Reston, Va., March 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren, file)

Iran-linked hackers take aim at US and other targets, raising risk of cyberattacks during war

March 12, 2026 at 5:13 p.m.

Pro-Iranian hackers are targeting sites in the Middle East and starting to stretch into the United States during the war.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says US ‘can’t stop everything’ that Iran fires even as he asserts air dominance

March 4, 2026 at 10:20 a.m.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged Wednesday that some Iranian air attacks may still hit their targets even as he asserted that U.S. military superiority is quickly giving it control of...

President Donald Trump holds up a fist after disembarking Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Iran suggests it’s open to US talks, White House official says, and President Trump is ‘eventually’ willing

March 1, 2026 at 1:12 p.m.

A senior White House official said Sunday that Iran’s “new potential leadership” has suggested it is open to talks with the United States after American and Israeli forces launched a...

ARCHIVO – Dario Amodei, director general y cofundador de la empresa Anthropic, asiste a la reunión anual del Foro Económico Mundial, el 23 de enero de 2025, en Davos, Suiza. (AP Foto/Markus Schreiber, archivo)

What to know about the clash between the Pentagon and Anthropic over military’s AI use

February 28, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

A high-stakes dispute over military use of artificial intelligence erupted into public view this week as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brusquely terminated Anthropic’s work with the Pentagon and other government...

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