Sailor charged in Angelina Resendiz’s murder linked to other assaults
The sailor awaiting trial for the murder of fellow U.S. Navy service member Angelina Petra Resendiz allegedly assaulted several other people before taking her life, according to the attorney for Resendiz’s family. Culinary Specialist Seaman Jermiah Taylor Copeland was charged Aug. 22 with premeditated murder in the death of Resendiz, 21, a fellow culinary specialist seaman, who was reported missin...[Read More]
Senate rejects competing funding bills, increasing shutdown risk
The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date. Leaders of the two parties sought to blame the other side for the standoff. Democrats accused Republicans of not negotiating with them to address some of their priorities on health care as part of t...[Read More]
Remains of WWII Medal of Honor recipient identified after 80 years
The remains of Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi have been identified, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday. Bianchi was killed on Jan. 9, 1945, after U.S. naval aircraft, unaware that there were prisoners on board, scored a direct hit on the Japanese transport ship (dubbed “hell ships” by American POWs), Enoura Maru, in Takao Harbor. An estimated 431 “unknowns”...[Read More]
US military strike near Venezuela disrupts life in fishing communities
GÜIRIA, Venezuela — On Venezuela’s Paria Peninsula, an idyllic stretch of Caribbean coast, it is an open secret that boats departing from its ports transport both drugs and fish. Residents claim not to know who owns the illegal cargo, but they can tell when business is doing well because people eat out, get their hair and nails done and buy expensive meat. They also admit that none of this has hap...[Read More]
US military strike near Venezuela disrupts life in fishing communities
GÜIRIA, Venezuela — On Venezuela’s Paria Peninsula, an idyllic stretch of Caribbean coast, it is an open secret that boats departing from its ports transport both drugs and fish. Residents claim not to know who owns the illegal cargo, but they can tell when business is doing well because people eat out, get their hair and nails done and buy expensive meat. They also admit that none of this has hap...[Read More]
Senate OKs Trump nominee Brandon Williams for nuclear security post
Williams, 58, will oversee the nation’s nuclear arsenal as the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Freedom Edge 2025: Building Trilateral Trust Across the Indo-Pacific
Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United States completed Freedom Edge 25, the premier trilateral multi-domain exercise between the three nations, Sept. 15-19.
Elmo and friends help military families build healthy habits
Rosita, the furry, turquoise Muppet, shared her recipe for mango salsa with military families during a virtual event Thursday, then cheered them on through the screen as they danced around to upbeat music with her. Parents, babies, toddlers and preschoolers joined in remotely from Camp Pendleton, California, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for a USO Military Virtual Programming session to experien...[Read More]
Meet the military families who love to move
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service, under the headline “I don’t want to be stuck.’ Meet the military families who love to move.” Subscribe to their newsletter. Soldier Josh Meltz and his wife, Rubi, were exhausted as they pulled into the Texas RV park, their motor home stuffed to the gil...[Read More]
Ex-Sailor Sentenced to 12 Years in Terror Plot Targeting Naval Station Great Lakes
Xuanyu Harry Pang, 39, a naturalized U.S. citizen from China, was charged in a sealed criminal complaint in 2022 and pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to and attempting to destroy national defense premises.
Trump says US working to take back Bagram Air Base from Taliban
President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that he is working to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from the country left the base in the Taliban’s hands. Trump floated the idea during a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he wrapped up a state visit to the U.K. and tied it to the need for the U.S....[Read More]
Trump says US working to take back Bagram Air Base from Taliban
President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that he is working to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from the country left the base in the Taliban’s hands. Trump floated the idea during a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he wrapped up a state visit to the U.K. and tied it to the need for the U.S....[Read More]