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Conservative group pours $5.5 million into TV ads, activism to boost GOP in midterms
Americans for Prosperity is funneling $5.5 million into a midterm election initiative to promote lawmakers who voted for President Trump's signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Ukraine’s home-built strike arsenal carries the war deeper into Russia
From a wartime factory floor to targets deep inside Russia, Ukraine's homegrown drone and missile industry is quietly reshaping the war.
How a Czech company’s $3 million turbojet engine contract blurs line between drones, cruise missiles
A U.S. industrial base built on complex precision weapons and solid rocket motors is starting to look elsewhere as modern conflicts demand high-volume, low-cost tools.
‘Pretty depleted’: Iran conflict drains U.S. munitions as Congress sounds alarm
The Trump administration is expected to meet with defense industry leaders Friday to pressure them to speed production of key munitions amid growing concern from lawmakers about shrinking U.S. missile and rocket stockpiles, sources told The Washington Times.
Republicans unveil bill to block illegal immigrants from becoming armed police
As they struggled to fill their ranks amid a backlash to the blue, some local police departments turned to an unorthodox source: illegal immigrants, including those in the Obama-era DACA program, who have been issued badges and guns and sent into communities.
Newsom’s latest pardon shields attempted murder convict from ICE deportation
California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a pardon Friday to Somboon Phaymany, erasing his 1997 conviction on 10 counts of premeditated attempted murder and effectively shielding him from being deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
‘Trading blood for steel’: Army’s new combat philosophy puts autonomous robots on front lines
The Army is investing heavily in a strategy that will team soldiers with autonomous drones on the battlefield, with the goal of leveraging next-generation technology to save American lives, the U.S. Army's chief technology officer said in an exclusive interview.
Inside Ukraine’s drone war: Thunder gods battle Russia’s grinding advance
I'm Guillaume Ptak, Ukraine correspondent for the Washington Times. You are watching exclusive footage from my recent trip with a Ukrainian drone team on the Southeastern Front.
Republicans call on DOJ to probe four blue states for refusing religious opt-out for kids’ vaccines
Rep. Greg Steube is prodding the Justice Department to investigate four Democrat-led states over allegations that they aren't allowing parents to use religious objections to opt out of school vaccine mandates.
Russia trades men for ground; Ukraine answers with deadly drones
In a dusty basement somewhere along Ukraine's southeastern front, Ukrainian team leader Ihor is sitting at a table, staring intently at a laptop. On the screen, there is an aerial view of a barren treeline demarcating two desolate, snow-covered fields. A man is cautiously moving among the leafless trees, an automatic rifle slung over his shoulder.
Inside the high-stakes battle over Space Force advocacy
The Air & Space Forces Association and the Space Force Association, along with their leaders, stressed they believe the organizations can work together to advance American space power. However, sources familiar with the matter described behind-the-scenes dynamics that have at times bordered on acrimony.
Rep. Thomas Massie turns Trump’s jabs at him into campaign cash
Rep. Thomas Massie is still raking in campaign cash -- even as President Trump and his deep-pocketed allies go after him and lift up his chief primary challenger, who has made an early fundraising splash of his own.
‘There are threats in orbit’: Space Force chief sounds alarm over Chinese, Russian space assets
The head of the U.S. Space Force says his job is to "think about worst-case scenarios" when it comes to potential threats in space from America's adversaries, whether they're Russian "nesting doll" satellites or Chinese "grappling arm" tactics that could suddenly become weaponized.
EPA to end mammal testing by 2035, reviving Trump-era goal
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin will commit the agency to ending testing on mammals by 2035, reviving a key goal of the first Trump administration and reversing a Biden-era walkback.
WATCH: We tracked billions in Pentagon drone spending
We dug into how the U.S. military is responding -- and spending -- to seeing drone warfare in Ukraine. What I found is that the Pentagon isn't just buying more drones. It's fundamentally changing how it develops, tests, and deploys them while drastically ramping up funding.
Support for sharing religious belief in public rises in latest Becket index
Americans are more supportive than ever of expressing religious beliefs in the public square, driven by enthusiasm from the pro-faith younger generation, according to the Becket Fund's 2025 Religious Freedom Index.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn floats federal standards for AI rules as Trump prods Congress to act
Sen. Marsha Blackburn has been working for over a decade to establish federal privacy and safety standards for protecting consumers, especially children, in the digital age.
A space ‘slippery slope’: Who is responsible for commercial satellites crucial to national security?
This scenario seems highly likely in a major 21st-century conflict: An adversary destroys some of the commercial space satellites on which the U.S. military relies.
U.S. counterterrorism agents in Mexico help arrest cartel member wanted in Texas slaying
U.S. counterterrorism officials said they helped arrest a Jalisco New Generation Cartel affiliate in Mexico who had a hand in the syndicate's drug and human trafficking operations and is also accused of gunning down a Texas teenager.
Schmitt proposes bill to shield Americans from sham Chinese court rulings
Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt is proposing what appears to be first-of-its-kind legislation to prevent China from enforcing politically motivated court verdicts against Americans, amid an intensifying fight over the Wuhan lab at the center of speculation about the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.
