USS Fitzgerald returns to San Diego following seven-month underway
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) returned to its homeport of Naval Base San Diego following a seven-month underway to the U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleet areas of operation, Jan. 6, 2026.
Monroe to Donroe: A ‘dead’ doctrine’s revival for current operations
With the ousting of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump cited the Monroe Doctrine, the 200-year-old lodestar of U.S. diplomacy — which the Obama administration declared dead in 2013. “We have superseded it by a lot,” Trump told reporters Saturday. “They now call it the ‘Donroe Doctrine.’ American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned ...[Read More]
Monroe to Donroe: A ‘dead’ doctrine’s revival for current operations
With the ousting of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump cited the Monroe Doctrine, the 200-year-old lodestar of U.S. diplomacy — which the Obama administration declared dead in 2013. “We have superseded it by a lot,” Trump told reporters Saturday. “They now call it the ‘Donroe Doctrine.’ American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned ...[Read More]
Hegseth aims to cut Kelly’s retirement pay over lawful orders video
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on X the expanding punishments for Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., who participated in a Nov. 18 video that pleaded with service members to refuse illegal orders. Kelly, a retired Navy pilot — along with five other Democratic members of Congress — released the video amid a barrage of U.S. military strikes against alleged drug-carrying vessels in the Caribbean and...[Read More]
Hegseth aims to cut Kelly’s retirement pay over lawful orders video
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on X the expanding punishments for Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., who participated in a Nov. 18 video that pleaded with service members to refuse illegal orders. Kelly, a retired Navy pilot — along with five other Democratic members of Congress — released the video amid a barrage of U.S. military strikes against alleged drug-carrying vessels in the Caribbean and...[Read More]
Hegseth Censures Sen. Kelly After Warning About Following Illegal Orders
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he is issuing a letter of censure to Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over the lawmaker’s participation in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders.
Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US operation in Venezuela
HAVANA — An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said Sunday in the first official death count provided of the American strikes in the South American nation. The Cuban military and police officers were on a mission the Caribbean country’s military was carrying out at the request of Venezuela’s government, according to a statement ...[Read More]
Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US operation in Venezuela
HAVANA — An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said Sunday in the first official death count provided of the American strikes in the South American nation. The Cuban military and police officers were on a mission the Caribbean country’s military was carrying out at the request of Venezuela’s government, according to a statement ...[Read More]
Maduro arrives in US, Trump says operation will let US ‘run’ Venezuela
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro arrived in the United States to face criminal charges after being captured in an audacious nighttime military operation that President Donald Trump said would set the U.S. up to “run” the South American country and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations. Maduro landed late Saturday afternoon at a small airport in New York following the middle-of...[Read More]
How the US Captured Venezuelan Leader Nicolás Maduro
Trump said a few U.S. members of the operation were injured but he believed no one was killed.
How the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro
After months of growing military pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump ordered a brazen operation into the South American country to capture its leader and whisk him to the United States, where his administration planned to put him on trial. In a Saturday morning interview on “Fox and Friends Weekend,” Trump laid out the details of the overnight strike, after whic...[Read More]
With Capture of Maduro, Trump Treads Into Uncharted Territory
Trump has now twice used U.S. forces to carry out risky operations against American adversaries.