5 d. ago Trump revives Canada should become the 51st state threat in a room full of top U.S. military generals

'They're having a hard time up there in Canada now because, as you know, with tariffs, everyone's coming into our country,' Trump told hundreds of military officials in Virginia

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5 d. ago Trump says he pitched 51st state offer to Canada again in Golden Dome talks

'They're having a hard time up there in Canada now because, as you know, with tariffs, everyone's coming into our country,' Trump told hundreds of military officials in Virginia

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5 d. ago Trump returns to ’51st state’ rhetoric in speech to U.S. military officials

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump returned to his “51st state” rhetoric about Canada while giving an unprecedented speech to top military leaders today. The president was speaking about his “Golden Dome” missile defence plans in front of military officials who had been abruptly summoned to Quantico, near Washington. Trump told the assembly that “Canada […]

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5 d. ago Hegseth declares an end to ’politically correct’ leadership in the U.S. military

QUANTICO, Va. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of U.S. military officials to an in-person meeting Tuesday to announce directives for troops that include “gender-neutral” or “male-level” standards for physical fitness as well as an end to “woke” culture in the military.  Hegseth said the U.S. military has promoted too many leaders for the […]

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5 d. ago Trump, Hegseth to meet hundreds of top U.S. military officials

A White House official said Sunday that U.S. President Trump also will speak at the gathering of hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals.

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8 d. ago Gabon awaits results in its first legislative and local elections after the 2023 military coup

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — The oil-rich central African nation of Gabon on Saturday voted in the country’s first legislative and local elections since a 2023 military coup ended a 50-year-old political dynasty. More than 900,000 Gabonese are eligible to elect parliament members and local councilors to replace officials appointed by the military following the coup. […]

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2 w. ago German, Swedish fighter jets track Russian reconnaissance plane flying over Baltic Sea

BERLIN — Air force fighter jets from Germany and Sweden were scrambled Sunday to intercept and track a Russian surveillance plane that was flying unidentified over the Baltic Sea, military officials said. Two Swedish Gripen jets and two German Eurofighter jets deployed in international airspace to monitor and photograph the Russian IL-20 reconnaissance aircraft. It […]

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2 w. ago Russian surveillance planes tracked over Baltic Sea, military officials say

German and Swedish fighter jets tracked an unidentified Russian surveillance plane that military officials say was flying over the Baltic Sea on Sunday.

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2 w. ago Russian jets over Estonia ignored signals from NATO pilots, officials say

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian pilots ignored signals from Italian jets responding from NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission when they violated Estonian airspace, a senior Estonian military official said Saturday. The 12-minute incursion was the latest test of the alliance’s ability to respond to Russian airborne threats after around 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace […]

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3 w. ago False active shooter report at U.S. Naval Academy leaves 1 injured

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A false report of an active shooter at the U.S. Naval Academy led to one person being injured at the Maryland military college, officials said. The person injured was airlifted to a hospital on Thursday and was in stable condition, Lt. Naweed Lemar, the spokesperson for the base that hosts the academy, […]

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3 w. ago 1 person hurt as officials clear U.S. Naval Academy building after reports of threats

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The United States Naval Academy in Maryland was put on lockdown Thursday and a building was cleared in response to reports of threats made to the military school, and one person was injured, officials said. The person injured was airlifted to a hospital and was in stable condition, Lt. Naweed Lemar, the […]

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