Author: Dan Lamothe

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The Pentagon is rushing to provide the Trump administration with options to vastly expand the military’s footprint from Texas to California.

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The deployment was ordered after the Trump administration signaled its intent to rename the Gulf of Mexico and moved quickly to fire the Coast Guard commandant.

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Trump’s removal of Adm. Linda Fagan, who made history as the first woman to lead a U.S. military service, is the first of several potential leadership changes.

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The investigation details exasperation among key aides to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as he refused to disclose the extent of his medical crisis last year.

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Assembly of the floating pier has begun several miles off Gaza, and aid delivery is expected to start within days, U.S. officials said.

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The newly released findings contradict allegations made by Marines who survived a devastating bombing during the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan.

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Gen. Christopher Cavoli told lawmakers that “the side that can’t shoot back loses,” as a massive aid package for Ukraine remains stalled in the House.

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U.S. troops bound for the Gaza coast are due to arrive in the eastern Mediterranean within days, but complications have cast uncertainty over the operation.

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The floating pier, to be constructed by U.S. military personnel off the Gaza coast, will be an enticing target for Hamas or other militants, skeptics say.