U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will wrap up his time at a Southeast Asian security conference with a high-stakes meeting with his Chinese counterpart as tensions grow between Washington and Beijing over issues from trade to security and China’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Veterans in rural or underserved areas might lack access to qualifying work or service programs, according to Disabled American Veterans.

Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy will serve as the interim administrator of NASA, President Donald Trump said Wednesday, weeks after he abruptly rescinded the nomination of entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as the agency’s next leader.

The Defense Department will become the largest shareholder in rare-earth mining company MP Materials by buying $400 million of its stock and providing another $150 million loan.

The Trump administration has resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine, a week after the Pentagon had directed that some deliveries be paused, U.S. officials said.

The Trump administration announced it is issuing sanctions against an independent investigator tasked with probing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, the latest effort by the United States to punish critics of Israel’s 21-month war in Gaza.

The draft defense authorization bill that the House Armed Services Committee plans to mark up in the coming days would require the Pentagon to set up counter-drone defenses at a handful of military-related facilities inside the U.S.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national case count count is 14 more than 2019, when America almost lost its status of having eliminated the vaccine-preventable illness.

All soldiers must be clean-shaven on duty when in uniform or civilian clothes “with temporary exemptions for medical reasons and permanent exemptions for religious accommodations,” the Army said in a statement.

The South Dakota Air National Guard’s 114th Fighter Wing conducted a maximum generation elephant walk to demonstrate its ability to project fighter airpower at Joe Foss Field, S.D.