U.S. military

Vice President JD Vance confirmed that U.S. military personnel will be paid on Friday during the ongoing Democrat government shutdown, while warning that they are “not going to be able to pay everybody.”

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said members of the U.S. military may be exposed to “serious charges” for allegedly killing civilians during the strikes on alleged drug boats.

Military families have been living with uncertainty as the government shutdown rages on, with the healthcare system warning of lapses in the ability to process or pay medical claims and most recent Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders being frozen in limbo.

President Donald Trump directed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to ensure that U.S. service members receive their next paychecks, despite the government shutdown stretching into its fifteenth day.

While news reports seed fear in U.S. troops that they won’t get their paychecks because of the government shutdown — and President Donald Trump is vowing the military will be paid — reportedly Congress will have to pass some sort of funding legislation by Monday to get payroll processed by the standard mid-month pay date.

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that President Donald Trump launching military strikes on domestic groups could not be ruled out.

President Donald Trump vowed that he would get United States military service members “every last penny” as the government shutdown stretched into its fifth day.

Tuesday on CNN’s “NewsCentral,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) claimed President Donald Trump was an “idiot” who “doesn’t actually understand how the military works.”

President Donald Trump will attend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s large gathering of top U.S. military officials in Virginia this week.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of U.S. military leaders, including generals and admirals, to gather on short notice next week at a U.S. Marine Corps base in Virginia.

President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. Military had conducted a “SECOND Kinetic Strike” against another Venezuelan narco-terrorist boat that had been carrying “illegal narcotics.”

Tuesday on FNC’s “The Will Cain Show,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said it was not constitutional for the Trump administration to deploy a military strike on a Venezuelan boat of alleged drug traffickers without any due process.

U.S. officials have reportedly ordered 10 F-35 fighter jets be deployed to Puerto Rico amid President Donald Trump’s fight against drug cartels.

An American man who worked at a U.S. military facility in Germany and allegedly offered to supply sensitive information to China has been indicted on espionage charges, German prosecutors said Monday.

Two former Obama administration officials argue that President Donald Trump’s deployment of 800 National Guard troops to Washington shows the U.S. military will follow lawful orders rather than resist their commander-in-chief, writing, “it now seems clear to us that the military will not rescue Americans from Mr. Trump’s misuse of the nation’s military capabilities.”

An “active shooter incident” was reported at Georgia’s Fort Stewart Wednesday and the base was placed on lockdown just after 11:00 a.m.

Governor Arnold Palacios of the Northern Mariana Islands died on July 23 at age 69, after suffering from an enigmatic “medical incident.” Palacios suddenly “collapsed” and died soon after announcing his intention to pivot from China to the United States.

Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) has placed a hold on the promotion of an Air Force colonel advocating for military promotions based on race and gender, not merit.

Ahead of President Donald Trump’s signing ceremony for the One Big Beautiful Bill, a flyover featuring a B-2 bomber and two F-35s took place in honor of U.S. military personnel, including those involved in Operation Midnight Hammer.

They were a skeleton crew of only 44, ranging in age from 21 to 28, and were left behind to defend their base from an incoming bombardment of Iranian missiles — and they “crushed it,” said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine.

Israel’s top military official disclosed that elite Israeli commandos operated covertly inside Iran during Operation Rising Lion, as part of what intelligence and nuclear experts now assess was a campaign that inflicted systemic, not just tactical, destruction on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.

MI Dem. Rep. Haley Stevens reportedly wants to bar President Trump from deploying troops to a state without the governor’s request.

An Iranian state TV news anchor showed a map of U.S. bases in the Middle East, which says are all “within fire range of Iran.” The anchor goes on to say “Mr. Trump, you started it, and we will end it.”

Former Breitbart News Pentagon correspondent and Director of Communications and Chief spokesperson for the Department of the U.S. Navy Kristina Wong pointed out that it is “undeniable that there’s been a huge surge in military enlistment” under the Trump administration during an interview on Breitbart News Saturday.

A majority of American citizens do not believe the U.S. military should get involved in the Israel-Iran conflict, a survey from the Economist/YouGov revealed.

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he was not a “big fan” of Saturday’s parade celebrating the 250th birthday of the Army.

Capitol Police said about 60 demonstrators were arrested on Friday during a veterans’ protest on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, after the group breached a law enforcement line of bike racks. 

The United States Army said it has hit its 2025 recruiting goal four months early, the news coming as such positive trends have appeared among the nation’s armed forces.

President Donald Trump addresses the graduating class of the United States Military Academy at West Point on Saturday, May 24.

Law enforcement arrested a man on Wednesday accused of planning a mass-shooting at a U.S. military base in Warren, Michigan, on behalf of the terrorist group known as Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).

Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) unveiled legislation on Wednesday that would require American military service academies to accept the Classical Learning Test (CLT) as an admissions option.

The Washington State Patrol said a military Humvee crashed and went over a retaining wall in Bellevue on Saturday.

The Pentagon is taking upwards of 1,000 military personnel who openly self-identify as transgender out of immediate service. The separation began Thursday at the same time those who have yet to step forward as transgender have been granted 30 days to depart of their own volition.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has introduced legislation to mandate a review of all the religious exemption requests received from military servicemembers who did not want to be forced to receive the coronavirus vaccination and “authorize corrective action” for those whose careers suffered for not getting the jab, Breitbart News has learned.

Secretary of the U.S. Navy John C. Phelan announced on Tuesday that Breitbart News’s Pentagon correspondent Kristina Wong would be serving as his Director of Communications and Chief Spokesperson for the Department of the U.S. Navy.