Defense

The massive accumulation of aircraft carriers and fighter jets in the Middle East, coupled with the Pentagon’s Venezuela operation, could cost billions of dollars.

It’s the president’s one contribution to the continent, the California governor said.

His comments are part of a more conciliatory tone American officials are taking during the Munich Security Conference.

Without naming him directly, Sen. Thom Tillis appeared to fire back at Sen. Lindsey Graham over his comments on Greenland's sovereignty.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is unlikely to flame the Munich Security Conference like Vice President JD Vance did last year — but don’t expect him to arrive bearing apologies for President Donald Trump.

The Ukrainian leader hinted that Congress might need to step in on security guarantees.

The Arizona Democrat and five other lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds have been attacked by the president over a video they released in November reminding military personnel not to follow illegal directives.

The South Carolina Republican offered a fairly optimistic take on a NATO alliance that's been battered by the dispute over Greenland.

The Trump administration’s attempt to end the war hasn’t produced major breakthroughs as the war approaches its fourth anniversary.

Some members were still planning to participate in the event.

The judge said the Pentagon had “trampled” on Sen. Mark Kelly’s First Amendment freedoms.

The United States' eroding reputation is raising fresh questions about the stability of the global order that has held for decades, and of the country's strength on the world stage.

“We will continue to show up,” America's ambassador to NATO said.

The Munich Security Conference will serve as a gut check of the frayed relationship, and whether Europe can hold on to its emerging self-assurance.

The New START deal was the last vestige of arms control between the world’s largest superpowers.

The site appeared online in 1997.

Russian and U.S. nuclear arsenals could expand for the first time in three decades.

The president vowed to build a missile defense shield for the country in three years. It’s nowhere close to being done.

State Department cables obtained by POLITICO lay bare the frustrations — and aspirations — of US allies and adversaries watching Trump seek the Danish island.

65 percent of Trump voters say the U.S. should take military action in at least one country, according to a new POLITICO poll.