Biden to sign executive order boosting economic opportunities for military spouses | The Hill Skip to content AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta President Biden speaks during a news conference with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2023. President Biden on Friday will announce executive […]
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Sonic boom: Six F-16s scrambled to intercept unresponsive plane over DC | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash National Security Council spokesman John Kirby addresses reporters during the daily briefing at the White House on Monday, June 5, 2023. The White House on Monday shed additional light on the incident that caused a sonic […]
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Austin: ‘Competition must not spill over into conflict’ with China | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin answers questions during a House Subcommittee on Defense hearing on Thursday, March 23, 2023 to discuss the President’s FY 2024 budget. (Greg Nash) Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned this week that “competition […]
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Biden to Air Force graduates: The world is ‘changing rapidly’ | The Hill Skip to content Associated Press/Andrew Harnik President Biden on Thursday celebrated the Air Force Academy 2023 and warned that the new graduates were entering a rapidly evolving world defined by Russian aggression, tensions with China and advances in technology. “The world you’re […]
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White House announces sanctions against Sudan amid ongoing violence | The Hill Skip to content FILE – Sudan’s Army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan speaks following the signature of an initial deal aimed at ending a deep crisis caused by last year’s military coup, in Khartoum, Sudan, Dec. 5, 2022. Burhan, Sudan’s top army general has […]
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Here’s what could happen to the military if the US defaults on its debt | The Hill Skip to content Annabelle Gordon Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is seen during a Senate Subcommittee on Defense to discuss President Biden’s FY 2024 budget for the Department of Defense on Thursday, May 11, 2023. As the United […]
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Pentagon leaders warn debt default could endanger troops’ pay | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Marine General Mark Milley are seen during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 to discuss the President’s FY 2024 budget for the […]
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US announces $1.2B Ukraine aid package ahead of counteroffensive | The Hill Skip to content FILE – Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon near Bakhmut, an eastern city where fierce battles against Russian forces have been taking place, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos, file) The Biden administration on Tuesday pledged […]
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Biden defends decision to send troops to the border: ‘They need more people to clear people’ | The Hill Skip to content President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with his “Investing in America Cabinet,” in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, May 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Biden on […]
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Biden intel chief: ‘Almost a certainty’ China, Russia would exploit a US debt default | The Hill Skip to content AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, right, speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to examine worldwide threats on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. China and Russia would likely […]
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Biden finds a new friend in the fight against China | The Hill Skip to content President Biden has found a somewhat surprising new friend in the fight against China. When Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office in June, it was unclear how the son of a former dictator would position his country in […]
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Biden to send 1,500 troops to border ahead of expected migrant surge | The Hill Skip to content AP Photo/Christian Chavez FILE – Migrants approach the border wall in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 21, 2022, on the other side of the border from El Paso, Texas. The Biden administration is planning to temporarily deploy 1,500 […]
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Biden warns North Korean nuclear attack on US or its allies would result in end of regime | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash President Biden speaks during an arrival ceremony for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. […]
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US to deploy nuclear-armed subs to South Korea in face of North’s missile threats | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol shakes hands with President Biden during an arrival ceremony for Yoon on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. […]
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Biden nominee would be most senior woman ever at Veterans Affairs Department | The Hill Skip to content In this photo taken Dec. 13, 2011, Army Lt. Col. Tanya Bradsher, National Security Council spokeswoman, poses at the White House grounds in Washington. Bradsher witnessed the war’s final days from a unique vantage point. The soft-spoken […]
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White House issues veto warning for resolution overturning the VA’s abortion policy | The Hill Skip to content President Joe Biden talks with reporters before boarding Air Force One, Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is traveling the United Kingdom and Ireland in part to help celebrate the 25th anniversary […]
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‘Political stunts’: White House slams GOP ahead of Afghanistan withdrawal hearing | The Hill Skip to content FILE – In this Aug. 22, 2021, file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, Afghan passengers board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (MSgt. […]
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Leaked documents could both help and hurt Ukraine | The Hill Skip to content The trove of leaked Pentagon documents has the potential to both help and hurt embattled Ukraine, as the documents paint a messier picture of the war but also amp up pressure to get more weapons to the country. Ukraine is largely […]
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Biden: Military, intelligence community taking new steps to secure sensitive info | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash President Biden returns to the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 from Durham, N.C., to visit a semiconductor factory. President Biden on Thursday said the military and intelligence community will take steps […]
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Investigators ‘getting close’ to identifying US intelligence leaker: Biden | The Hill Skip to content President Biden on Thursday said that investigators are “getting close” to identifying the source of a U.S. intelligence leak that revealed details about the war in Ukraine and U.S. spying efforts on some of its closest allies. “There’s a full-blown […]
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Dwindling weapons, leaked Ukraine-Russia docs raise pressure on US government | The Hill Skip to content AP Photo/Roman Chop Ukrainian soldiers walk carrying an anti-tank missile systems ‘Stugna’ near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, March 17, 2023. Leaked top secret documents revealing that Ukraine could run out of air-defense missiles within weeks are putting pressure […]
Read MoreSkip to content Toggle Menu Open Navigation Close Navigation sponsored: Defense by TheHill.com – 04/06/23 6:16 PM ET by TheHill.com – 04/06/23 6:16 PM ET FILE – Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at the perimeter of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Shekib […]
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McCaul calls Kirby’s comments on Afghanistan withdrawal ‘disgraceful and insulting’ | The Hill Skip to content Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The GOP chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday blasted the White House for dismissing the idea that the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was chaotic and shifting blame on the Trump administration […]
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Foreign Service labor union supports State Department’s refusal to provide dissent cable under subpoena | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash Secretary of State Antony Blinken answers a question during a Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs to discuss the President’s the FY 2024 budget for the Department on Wednesday, March […]
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Kirby: Tuberville’s hold on Pentagon nominees ‘could absolutely have an effect on military readiness’ | The Hill Skip to content National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) White House national security spokesman John Kirby said Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s […]
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Biden offers first remarks on airstrikes: We don’t ‘seek conflict with Iran’ | The Hill Skip to content President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Friday, March 24, 2023, in Ottawa, Canada. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) President Biden on Friday said that the United States does not seek conflict […]
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Kirby on Russia giving award for hitting US drone: pilot was ‘at best, just an idiot’ | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash National Security Council spokesman John Kirby addresses reporters during the daily briefing at the White House on Monday, March 20, 2023. White House national security spokesman John Kirby said Russia awarding […]
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US sending $350M in weapons, equipment to Ukraine in latest aid package | The Hill Skip to content AP Photo/Roman Koksarov, File Soldiers load a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS ) from a US Special Operations MC-130J aircraft during military exercises at Spilve Airport in Riga, Latvia, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Ukraine has used U.S.-supplied […]
Read MoreSkip to content Toggle Menu Open Navigation Close Navigation sponsored: Greg Nash President Biden is seen during an event to introduce nominee to be Secretary of Labor Julie Su in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The White House on Thursday threw its support behind legislation […]
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Russian jet forces downing of US drone over Black Sea Skip to content A Russian fighter jet intercepted a U.S. Air Force drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, U.S. officials confirmed, bringing down the U.S. aircraft in what Pentagon officials warned could lead to an unintended escalation. President Biden was briefed Tuesday morning on the […]
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Why Saudi snub of Biden on China-Iran deal may help US relations | The Hill Skip to content Saudi Arabia’s embrace of Chinese diplomacy with Iran is being viewed as yet another snub by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against President Biden, however, the deal may ultimately help the United States’ strategy in the Middle […]
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