Idrees Ali

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has told troops in a memo that the Pentagon is committed to an orderly transition to the incoming administration

Donald Trump has selected US senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state, the New York Times reports, putting the Florida-born politician on track to be the first Latino to serve as America's top diplomat.

Members of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team are drawing up a list of military officers to be fired, potentially to include the Joint Chiefs of Staff, two sources said, in what would be an unprecedented shakeup at the Pentagon.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has picked as his secretary of defense Pete Hegseth, a Fox News commentator and veteran who

In what would be an unprecedented shakeup, 2 sources say list of officials who could be replaced all seen as connected to Mark Milley, Trump's ex-chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - National Guard Master Sergeant DeRicko Gaither sent up a warning on the evening of Jan. 14, 2021, about Pete Hegseth, who on Tuesday became President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary.

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes that Russia fired a never-before-fielded intermediate-range

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Republican senator has blocked the promotion of U.S. Army Lieutenant General Christopher Donahue, who commanded the military’s 82nd Airborne Division during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and was the last American soldier to leave the country in 2021.

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon on Wednesday flatly dismissed claims by a U.S. lawmaker that Iran might be launching drones over New Jersey from a "mothership" off the East Coast.