Russia Relishes Trump-Zelenskyy Spat and Accuses Ukraine and European Allies of Warmongering The Kremlin was quick to cast the White House encounter as a proof of Zelenskyy’s reluctance to negotiate an end to the three...
UK to Raise Defense Spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, Starmer Says 2 Days Before Trump Meeting The U.K. currently spends 2.3% of gross domestic product on defense, and the government had previously set a 2.5% target...
Trump Expresses Hope Russia's War in Ukraine Is Nearing an Endgame as He Meets with France's Macron Trump, in broad-ranging comments on the state of the conflict, said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin would accept...
A Worried NATO Holds Large-Scale Combat Drills as the US Stance on Europe Shifts Under Trump NATO members continued their largest combat exercises of 2025, testing their ability to rapidly deploy large-scale forces on...
Polish President Says US Assures Him it Won’t Reduce Troop Levels as He Revives 'Fort Trump' Idea The Trump administration has not announced any plans to pull forces out of the region, but has said Europe must do more to...
Europe Tries to Muscle up as US Plots Mediation to Help End Russia's War in Ukraine Finnish President Alexander Stubb laid out three phases: “pre-negotiation,” ceasefire and long-term peace talks.
NATO Tests New Deployment Model Without US Ahead of Ukraine War Anniversary NATO is testing its ability to rapidly deploy across eastern Europe — without direct U.S. assistance — as Washington shifts...
US Defense Chief Suggests Ukraine Should Abandon Hope of Winning All Territory Back from Russia Addressing allies, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth indicated that President Trump is determined to get Europe to assume...
Britain Navigates Rough Transatlantic Waters as Trump Roils the 'Special Relationship' Britain spends 2.3% of GDP on defense and says it will increase that figure to 2.5%.
At Least 11 Baltic Cables Have Been Damaged in 15 Months, Prompting NATO to Up Its Guard NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
Troops Will Miss Paychecks Next Week Without Action on the Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families, because those in uniform...