The following is the Dec. 23, 2025, Report to Congress on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2025. From the report China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has for decades marshaled resources,

As U.S. forces conduct expanded operations in the Caribbean, Venezuelan leaders have placed their military on high alert and mobilized civilian militias. The government in Caracas’ doctrine stipulates more than eight million armed civilians standing ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Having rebranded the Department of Defense as the Department of War, the president is going on offense with the US military. Donald Trump ...

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On September 2, President Trump announced that the United States had killed 11 “Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists” in a strike on a suspected drug-carrying boat. He had vowed to “demolish the foreign drug cartels” during the campaign and continued his ...

The Trump administration is now referring to the Pentagon as the Department of War, even though the name has not legally changed. On Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump signed an executive order giving the Department of Defense the “secondary name ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signaled that he would make greater use of the U.S. military to quell disturbances in Democratic-run cities across the United States, warning of a “war from within” and comparing domestic threats to foreign enemies.

Polls opened in Myanmar on Sunday kick-starting a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected government, unleashing a brutal civil war it has yet to win.

The defense secretary went on a crazed rant while putting the entire U.S. military at risk by ordering hundreds of admirals and generals to attend his meeting. In a rare gathering Tuesday, top military leaders were summoned from across the globe to be ...

Robert Frye standing in center with raised hand, Ensign Marshal Smith wearing military uniform standing on left, and Lieutenant Elmer Keckler standing on right, gathered in interior with recruitment posters that read 'Naval Aviation...' and 'Man the Guns ...