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U.S.

Senate appropriators approve $21B boost to Pentagon budget with troop pay raise and Ukraine aid

The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a nearly $853 billion defense spending bill that funds a 3.8% pay raise for troops while surging money for Ukraine and boosting the Pentagon’s budget by more than $21 billion.

July 31, 2025

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford ready an F/A-18 Super Hornet for takeoff in the Ionian Sea on July 29, 2025. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations.

Navy

Aboard Ford: Strike group drills with allies, focuses on deterrence in Eastern Mediterranean

Before deploying, Carrier Strike Group 12 leaders had one-on-one meetings with commanders from the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman, whose strike group battled Houthi militants and launched the largest carrier-based airstrike in history.

July 31, 2025

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U.S.

Islamic State and al-Qaida threat is intense in Africa, with growing risks in Syria, UN experts say

The threat from Islamic State and al-Qaida extremists and their affiliates is most intense in parts of Africa, and risks are growing in Syria, which both groups view as a “a strategic base for external operations,” U.N. experts said in a new report.

July 31, 2025

A missile defense system launches an interceptor missile from a mobile launcher on a tropical military installation.

U.S.

US spends $2B to rebuild THAAD arsenal after Iran fight drains stockpile

The Pentagon is ramping up missile defense production after the U.S. military expended nearly a quarter of its high-altitude interceptor arsenal during Iran’s attacks on Israel last month.

July 30, 2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Capitol Hill in June. MUST CREDIT: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post

U.S.

Hegseth team lashes out at Pentagon’s internal ‘Signalgate’ review

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s team on Tuesday denounced the Pentagon’s internal review of his use of a Signal group chat with other national security officials to discuss plans for airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

July 30, 2025

Clouds of smoke rise from the oil tanker Sounion.

Middle East

Yemen’s Houthis threaten to escalate attacks on ships linked to companies dealing with Israel

The rebel Houthi group in Yemen said it will target merchant ships that do business with Israeli ports, regardless of nationality, as part of what it described as the next phase of its operations against Israel

July 28, 2025

An in-focus Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the right with two out-of-focus officials next to him, one of whom is Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

U.S.

Hegseth team told to stop polygraph tests after complaint to White House

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of polygraph tests to search for people leaking information to the news media was stopped at the direction of the White House, officials familiar with the matter told The Washington Post.

July 26, 2025

Navy

Nominee to be Navy’s top admiral says loosened enlistment requirements have not lowered standards

Adm. Daryl Caudle told the Senate Armed Services Committee the Navy’s moves to loosen requirements have not affected the quality of sailors. He praised the Future Sailor Preparatory Course, which helps recruits improve their qualifications.

July 24, 2025

U.S.

US used 14% of its THAAD stockpile against Iran, a report says. It could take years to replenish.

While the THAADs — along with Israel’s Arrow-2 and Arrow-3 interceptors — successfully destroyed 201 of Iran’s 574 missiles, the rapid depletion during last month’s conflict raises concerns about capabilities in future conflicts.

July 23, 2025

Smoke and flames erupt from an Israeli airstrike on a building.

Middle East

Israeli forces push into parts of a central Gaza city that the war had largely spared

Israeli troops for the first time pushed into areas of a central Gaza city where several aid groups are based. The World Health Organization said its main warehouse in the city, which is in the evacuation zone, was damaged by an explosion and a fire.

July 21, 2025

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