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The House approved a sweeping defense policy bill Wednesday that would significantly expand military cooperation between the United States and Israel, drawing objections from several Democrats who argued the legislation moves the two nations toward deeper military integration. Lawmakers approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2027 …

President Donald Trump late Friday signed a memorandum directing several agencies to start militarizing a stretch of the southern border, an escalation of the administration’s use of the U.S. military amid its immigration crackdown. The move, which The Washington Post first reported last month, could potentially put U.S. military members …

The Pentagon on Friday confirmed that the U.S. military shot down an unidentified “object” tens of thousands of feet over Alaska, less than a week after an F-22 fighter jet downed a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic. John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, …