President Donald Trump requested more than $1.5 trillion in Pentagon spending for fiscal year 2027. That would be the largest military budget in U.S. history, and roughly 44% more than the prior ...

Within two hours of declaring a ceasefire in the Iran war, President Donald Trump alleged that CNN knowingly published false information. Trump said CNN reported a "fake" statement from Iran and U.S.

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Hegseth was similarly triumphant. "Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory on the battlefield, a capital-V military victory," he said during an April 8 Pentagon press conference.

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However, they said, the U.S. historically tried to minimize actions that risked civilians’ lives and could be considered war crimes. This was especially true after the Vietnam War, when U.S. actions ...

NASA spokesperson Lauren Low told PolitiFact that one of the reasons Earth appears duller is because the new photo was taken at night, with only moonlight lighting the planet. The 1972 photo was taken ...

In his first remarks after the initial U.S.-Israel attack, Trump said the Iranian regime had recently killed tens of thousands of protesters. He addressed the people of Iran: "When we are finished, ...

On X, accounts focused on the Iran war shared a video of a supposed U.S. service member crying, with smoke rising and a vehicle stalled in the background. "An American soldier cri ...

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There is no evidence Trump was sick or hospitalized over the weekend. But social media users resurrected old outdated video and an image generated by artificial intelligence to support the claim.