C.I.A.'s deputy director demotes the agency's senior lawyer and then takes on that top legal job, too, but it's not clear why www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
The Pentagon adds new detail to the administration’s thinly articulated legal rationale for why 3 U.S. military strikes Trump ordered on boats in the Caribbean, killing 17 people aboard them, should be seen as lawful rather than murder www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
The Pentagon adds new detail to the administration’s thinly articulated legal rationale for why 3 U.S. military strikes Trump ordered on boats in the Caribbean, killing 17 people aboard them, should be seen as lawful rather than murder www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump ‘determined’ the U.S. is now in a war with drug cartels, Pentagon tells Congress, as legal experts challenge rationale for military strikes against boats in the Caribbean www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
In a rambling and sometimes incoherent speech in which he praised his own tariffs and insulted former President Biden, Trump said he told Defense Secretary Hegseth to use U.S. cities as “training grounds” for the military www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Trump set to attend large gathering of U.S. generals and admirals on Tuesday, overshadowing Hegseth's speech to the officers on "warrior ethos" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/u...
The clandestine deployment of elite U.S. Special Operations forces to the Caribbean suggests that strikes or commando raids inside Venezuela itself may be in the works www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
Upgrades to the Qatari 747 that Trump wants as Air Force One have started but many experts worry he will pressure the Air Force to do the work so fast that sufficient security measures will not be built into the plane www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
U.S. strikes a second Venezuela boat, killing 3, but Trump aides have not offered a detailed legal theory about why it is lawful — and not murder or a war crime — to summarily kill people who are suspected of a crime www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
For the 2,300 National Guard troops in D.C., it's a lot picking up trash and spreading mulch, costing taxpayers more than $1 million a day www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
Venezuelan fighter jets buzzed a U.S. Navy ship in the Caribbean in a show of force, prompting the Pentagon to order several Air Force F-35's fighters to Puerto Rico as part of the military's counter-narcotics mission www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
Law specialists question legality of Trump's order to blow up a boat carrying drugs, killing 11 people, in a dramatic escalation of U.S. military force against Venezuelan cartels www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Russian drones are flying over U.S. weapons routes in Germany, collecting intelligence that could be used to bolster the Kremlin’s sabotage campaign in Europe and assist its troops in Ukraine www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
Trump's order appears to carve out a much larger role for the National Guard in domestic law enforcement across the country www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
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A major buildup of U.S. naval forces is underway outside Venezuela’s waters raising questions whether the Trump administration is preparing for a military confrontation with Maduro's government www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
Pentagon fires chief of defense intelligence agency whose initial findings on the U.S. strikes against Iran's nuclear sites contradicted Trump's www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
Trump’s decision to send 800 National Guard troops into the streets of Washington to fight crime is the latest example of how he has used the military to advance domestic his policy priorities www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/u...
The Senate approved a former Green Beret and Jan. 6 conspiracy theorist to head the nation's top counterterrorism agency www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
