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DEFENSE

Gov. Plans To Automatically Register Men For Military Draft By End Of 2026

The federal government is preparing to automatically register all eligible men between the ages of 18 and 25 into the U.S. military draft pool by December, eliminating a self-registration process that has been in place for more than four decades. The Selective Service System submitted a proposed rule to

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Israeli Airstrikes Kill Several In Lebanon

Israeli airstrikes hit multiple parts of Lebanon on Easter Sunday, killing civilians in Beirut and southern districts and widening a campaign that has increasingly extended beyond the areas that had absorbed most of the earlier fighting. By the end of April 5, the reported death toll from the day’s

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Trump Opens Door To Total Destruction Of Iran In Tuesday Deadline

President Trump issued his most explicit and aggressive threats against Iran on Easter Sunday, promising to destroy the country's power plants and bridges on Tuesday if Tehran does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz — and telling Fox News that if no deal is reached, he is "considering

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Multiple U.S. Planes Shot Down Over Iran

The air war over Iran entered a different phase on April 3 when U.S. aircraft were shot down during combat operations, producing the first confirmed American fixed-wing losses to enemy fire in the conflict. Until then, officials had publicly described Iranian air defenses as heavily degraded and had pointed

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Japan Deploys Long Range Missiles For First Time In Its History

Japan crossed a line on Tuesday that it had drawn for itself eight decades ago. For the first time since the end of World War II, the country's military deployed domestically built long-range missiles capable of striking targets in neighboring countries — a development that gives Tokyo offensive firepower

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Spain Closes Airspace To Any U.S. Military Aircraft

Spain has closed its skies to American military aircraft involved in the war on Iran, its defense minister confirmed Monday, escalating Madrid's opposition to the conflict into a direct confrontation with a NATO ally. The move goes beyond Spain's earlier refusal to let the United States

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Zelensky Hails Progress In Middle East Visit

Volodymyr Zelensky flew back to Kyiv on Monday declaring his whirlwind tour of the Middle East a success — and with good reason. In four days, the Ukrainian president visited Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Jordan, signing 10-year defense cooperation agreements with three Gulf states and opening discussions

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White House Mulls Additional Deployment 10,000 Troops To Middle East

The Pentagon is considering deploying up to 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East, a move that would mark the largest single surge of American combat power into the region since the war with Iran began on February 28. The proposed deployment would include infantry units and armored

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SCOTUS Hints At Trump Policy Approval For Asylum Seekers

The Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to hand the Trump administration a win on immigration, with a majority of justices signaling during oral arguments that federal law does not require border agents to process asylum seekers who have not yet physically crossed into the United States. The case, Noem v.

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Trump Pushes For 15 Point Ceasefire Plan With Iran

The Trump administration has submitted a 15-point ceasefire plan to Iran through Pakistani intermediaries, opening what could become the first structured diplomatic track since the war began on February 28. The proposal was delivered as fighting continued across the region, with Iranian missiles striking Israel and Gulf Arab states while

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War Department Authorizes Thousands More For Middle East Deployment

The United States military is sending thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East, three U.S. officials confirmed Friday, as the war against Iran reached its three-week mark and the Trump administration weighs its next moves — including the possibility of ground operations to secure the Strait of

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Senior U.S. Counterterrorism Official Resigns Over Iran War

Joe Kent resigned as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, becoming the first senior Trump administration official to leave his post over the war in Iran. In a public resignation letter, Kent wrote that he could not “in good conscience” continue serving while the United States remained engaged in the

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