Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that the U.S. is “postured defensively in the region to be strong” amid conflict between Israel and Iran in the Middle East. “Our job is to be strong. We ...

U.S. Central Command chief Gen. Erik Kurilla has played an outsized role in the escalating clashes between Tehran and Israel, with officials noting nearly all his requests have been approved, from ...

Trump weighs joining war, Hegseth and Caine face grilling on Hill, Putin faces world press, Tulsi Gabbard marginalized.

US military movements in the Mediterranean suggest Washington may join Israel in strikes on Iran. Trump warned Tehran residents to evacuate, signaling a shift from negotiation to potential military ...

The decision to launch a full-on attack on Iran would be in the gray area between the president’s powers as commander in ...

Gen. Erik Kurilla “had better information about what [Israel was] up to ... than anyone else in our government,” a former U.S. official told HuffPost.

As President Trump heads to the Situation Room following the escalating Israel-Iran war, explore five critical actions he can ...

President Trump spent the first months of his term holding back Israel’s push for an assault on Iran’s nuclear program. With ...

President Donald Trump faced one of the most monumental decisions of his presidency on Tuesday as he debated whether to join ...

The U.S. is helping Israel wage war on Iran over its nuclear program. But U.S. intelligence says Iran is not building a bomb.

American intelligence officials have long said Tehran was not actively constructing viable nuclear weapons for use ...

Live updates and the latest news as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies on the Hill, Trump grapples with the Israel-Iran ...