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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Dan Caine answered questions Thursday morning at a Pentagon press briefing on the Iran war.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard faced another round of sharp questions about the Iran war from lawmakers on Thursday ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. has struck more than 7,000 targets across Iran since the war began.

An 8 a.m. Pentagon press conference has been called by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine on the U.S. military operation in Iran. We’re linking to ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine will speak to reporters Thursday morning to provide an update on the U.S. military operation in Iran. While President ...

Concern has grown for team after one critic called them "wartime traitors" for failing to salute during the Iranian anthem.

After ordering US troops to execute a regime change in Panama in 1989, President George H.W. Bush held a press conference at the precise moment the first US casualties were arriving on US soil.

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper confirmed earlier this week that more than 130,000 Brits were based in the region and had registered updates from the UK Government. A flight chartered by the UK ...

Sir Keir Starmer will provide an update on the unfolding conflict in the Middle East as Defence Secretary John Healey met his counterpart in Cyprus to ease tensions about Britain’s response to drone ...

As of February 20, 2026, the U.S. Department of State maintains its Level 4 travel advisory for Afghanistan, strongly urging American citizens not to travel to the country due to severe security risks ...

Watch live as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper hold a press conference. The U.S. Embassy in Kuwait shut down after retaliatory Iranian strikes on the country, becoming the ...