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Park Service diverting $2.5 million in fees to pay for Trump’s expanded July Fourth
The National Park Service is diverting nearly $2.5 million in entrance and recreation fees primarily intended to improve parks across the country to cover costs associated with President Donald Trump's...

Supreme Court allows Trump restrictions on transgender troops to go into effect as legal battle continues
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump's broad restrictions on transgender people serving in the military to go into effect while the legal battle continues in lower courts.

Melting ice has U.S. military looking north
UNALASKA, Alaska - Army helicopters began flying in and out of the scraggily wilderness near this fishing town in August, surprising even the mayor.

Spending bill targets troops using government charge cards in strip clubs, casinos
The omnibus spending bill pending approval in Congress includes language that would explicitly ban U.S. troops and civilians working for the Defense Department from using government funding on expenses incurred...

U.S.-South Korea military exercises are on, despite Trump’s planned meeting with Kim
As the White House prepares for what could be the first meeting between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader, the U.S. and South Korean militaries will carry...

Pentagon targets “non-deployable” troops for removal in new effort
The Pentagon has launched a new effort to remove U.S. troops from the ranks who are considered unable to deploy, a sensitive decision that could push thousands of people out...

Mattis unveils new strategy focused on Russia and China, takes Congress to task for budget impasse
The United States must build up its military to prepare for the possibility of conflict with Russia and China, according to a new Pentagon strategy released Friday by Defense Secretary...

Leaked draft of Pentagon’s nuclear review shows desire for new kinds of weapons
A leaked draft of the Pentagon's forthcoming nuclear weapons review shows that senior defense officials are keen to not only modernize the aging U.S. arsenal, but add new ways to...

A storage unit opened, and an Illinois family’s World War II service and secrets were revealed.
The mostly handwritten letters, on tissue-thin paper, dated to World War II and were penned mostly by the members of a single family - the Eydes of Rockford, Ill. Three...

White House military personnel removed amid probe into contacts with foreign women during Asia trip
Three military personnel have been reassigned from their White House jobs amid allegations that they had improper contact with foreign women while traveling with President Donald Trump on his recent...