Nick Wadhams

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was put under general anesthesia for a procedure to address a bladder problem, his doctors said, as concern continued to swirl around his health after his second hospitalization in a month.

The US needs to revive domestic shipbuilding with increased funding from Congress and investment from overseas, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said, framing the issue as a matter of economic security in the competition with China.

The US will sanction more than 500 people and entities linked to Russia’s war machine in a fresh bid to squeeze the Russian economy nearly two years after President Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine, a Treasury Department spokesperson said.

Microsoft Corp. 's just-announced partnership with Abu Dhabi's G42 followed behind-the-scenes negotiations between the US government and the Middle Eastern firm, which agreed to divest from China and pivot to American technology.

The Biden administration imposed fresh sanctions on Iran over its April 13 strike on Israel, targeting a company that made the engine type used in drones launched in the barrage.

One of the most incendiary weeks in the decades-long shadow war between Iran and Israel ended with relief Friday after Tehran declared it had defeated what it said was a small attack on its territory by Israeli drones.

One of the most incendiary weeks in the decades-long shadow war between Iran and Israel ended with relief Friday after Tehran declared it had defeated what it said was a small attack on its territory by Israeli drones.

Support among swing-state voters for US aid to Israel has plunged in the months since the country launched its campaign to root out Hamas in the Gaza Strip, according to the latest Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll.

A woman holds up a placard during a rally in solidarity with Palestine near the White House on Oct. 14, 2023, as thousands of supporters of Palestine participate in a rally in Washington, D.C. (Ali Khaligh/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

WASHINGTON — Support among swing-state voters for U.S. aid to Israel has plunged in the months since the country launched its campaign to root out Hamas in the Gaza Strip, according to the latest Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll.