Joint Chiefs chairman convenes a rare meeting of dozens of top military officers from across the Americas to press counter-drug and anti-crime organization operations www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

Trump took up the ‘Christian Genocide’ cause in Nigeria and it led to U.S. missile strikes, the explosive outcome of an intense, yearslong push led by Christian activists, GOP lawmakers and U.S celebrities www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...

For at least six months, advanced military drones at a secret base in Egypt have been carrying out strikes in Sudan. Their target is a ruthless paramilitary group that has been battling the Sudanese military www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...

A secret drone base in Egypt offers new evidence of how the civil war in Sudan is morphing into a sprawling theater for high-tech drone warfare driven by the interests of rival foreign powers www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...

A U.S. missile strike in Nigeria was the explosive outcome of an intense, yearslong push by Christian activists, Republican lawmakers and U.S. celebrities seeking U.S. intervention in the African nation www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...

Trump mulls military options against Iran, including sending U.S. commandos to destroy or badly damage parts of the Iranian nuclear program not already damaged in the U.S. bombing last June www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...

As U.S. aircraft carrier and other warships get closer to Middle East, Iran and allies ramp up retaliation threats www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/w...

In the wake of the U.S. commando raid to seize Venezuela's Maduro and Trump's demands over Greenland, the Joint Chiefs chairman plans to convene a rare meeting of senior military leaders from across the Western Hemisphere www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

NEW -- Joint Chiefs chairman to convene rare meeting of military brass from across the Western Hemisphere, amid tensions following Maduro raid in Venezuela & disputes over Greenland www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

Trump wants to fly in his gifted Qatari 747 by this summer, in time for the country's 250th birthday celebration, whether all the usual Air Force One secret security protections are built into the plane or not www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

Trump has repeatedly threatened to use military force to seize Greenland, but so far the Pentagon isn't planning for that www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...

In a major shift, the U.S. is moving away from Kurdish-led forces, a longtime ally, in its fight ISIS in Syria www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/w...

Pentagon sending aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, more warplanes and more air defenses to the Mideast as Israel & Arab nations ask Trump not to attack Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...

NEW - The Trump administration is pressing Mexico to allow U.S. Special Operations commandos or C.I.A. officers to accompany Mexico soldiers on raids on suspected fentanyl labs www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/w...

The Pentagon is moving some troops out of an important air base in the Middle East as a precaution as tensions mount with Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...

Russia’s fearsome arsenal fizzled in Venezuela and the Venezuelan military’s incompetence played a big part in the successful U.S. commando raid to seize Maduro www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/w...

U.S. launches more airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria to avenge deaths of three Americans there www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/u...

As Army helicopters raced to Maduro’s lair in Caracas early Saturday, the aircraft came under fire and fired back. The first helicopter in the assault was hit but remained flyable. Its flight leader was struck three times in the leg www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...

After Trump ordered missile strikes on Christmas, fear grips Muslims in rural Nigeria, where residents see no evidence of any ISIS terrorists killed www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...

U.S. Special Operations forces blew up several more boats in the Pacific this week. The Coast Guard is now doing something unusual for these attacks: Looking for survivors who jumped in the water www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...

How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...

Trump's unprecedented aircraft carrier deployment in the Caribbean increases U.S. military options against Venezuela, but carries steep maintenance and personnel costs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...

The USS Ford's long deployment off the Venezuelan coast keeps Trump's military options open, but it will also increase maintenance costs and strain crew morale www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...

U.S. launches major retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State in Syria as Hegseth seeks to allay fears of re-opening a wider Middle East war www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

BREAKING -- U.S. strikes dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria in retaliation for the killing of two U.S. soldiers last Saturday www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

Australia shooting is a grisly reminder of the Islamic State’s power to inspire attacks and could fuel more extremist plots over the holidays www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...

Hegseth forces Navy four-star admiral who oversaw boat strikes off Venezuela’s coast to retire early www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...

The top U.S. military officer is visiting the massive Navy armada in the Caribbean as Trump pressures Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...

Trump has signed off on C.I.A. plans for covert measures inside Venezuela, operations that could be meant to prepare a battlefield for further action, including sabotage or some sort of cyber or psychological operations www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...

The Pentagon is withdrawing hundreds of National Guard troops from Chicago and Portland just weeks after Trump sent them there over the objections of state & local leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...

The Pentagon is withdrawing some National Guard soldiers that Trump sent to Chicago and Portland in recent weeks www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...

Trump escalates pressure on Venezuela but the administration's end game is strategically incoherent, with officials explaining a different mix of grievances, objectives and acceptable outcomes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

As Trump officials weigh the sale of dozens of advanced F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon raises fears that China could acquire the plane's secret technology www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

The arrival of the aircraft carrier Ford and three other warships in the Caribbean region, and closer to Venezuela, raises the total U.S. force in the region to more than 15,000 troops, the largest military buildup in the area in decades www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...

The utter unpredictability of Hegseth’s purge of top generals and admirals has created an atmosphere of anxiety and mistrust that has forced senior officers to take sides and, at times, pitted them against one another www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Hegseth has purged more than two dozen top generals and admirals, in many cases counter to the advice of senior military leaders who fought alongside the officers in combat www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

U.S. Sends Attack Aircraft to El Salvador Amid Regional Troop Buildup www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...

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Trump expands U.S. military strikes against suspected drug boats into the eastern Pacific, beyond just the Caribbean www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

U.S. to repatriate the two survivors of air strike on suspected drug vessel in Caribbean rather than detain them or prosecute them www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Two survivors of the latest U.S. strike in Caribbean present a dilemma for the White House: release them, claim it can hold them as indefinite wartime detainees, or transfer them to civilian law enforcement officials for prosecution www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

After covering the Pentagon for 35 years, I’m turning in my building badge today rather than submit to DoD’s vague new policies that restrict my right to engage in ordinary and legal news gathering. My Pentagon press corps colleagues and I will continue to inform the public

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...

Are You Quitting the Military? We Want to Hear From You. 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...

U.S. military buildup in Caribbean signals a broader air, naval and Special Operations campaign against Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...