UK to Raise Defense Spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, Starmer Says 2 Days Before Trump Meeting The U.K. currently spends 2.3% of gross domestic product on defense, and the government had previously set a 2.5% target...
Trump Expresses Hope Russia's War in Ukraine Is Nearing an Endgame as He Meets with France's Macron Trump, in broad-ranging comments on the state of the conflict, said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin would accept...
A Worried NATO Holds Large-Scale Combat Drills as the US Stance on Europe Shifts Under Trump NATO members continued their largest combat exercises of 2025, testing their ability to rapidly deploy large-scale forces on...
Polish President Says US Assures Him it Won’t Reduce Troop Levels as He Revives 'Fort Trump' Idea The Trump administration has not announced any plans to pull forces out of the region, but has said Europe must do more to...
Europe Tries to Muscle up as US Plots Mediation to Help End Russia's War in Ukraine Finnish President Alexander Stubb laid out three phases: “pre-negotiation,” ceasefire and long-term peace talks.
NATO Tests New Deployment Model Without US Ahead of Ukraine War Anniversary NATO is testing its ability to rapidly deploy across eastern Europe — without direct U.S. assistance — as Washington shifts...
US Defense Chief Suggests Ukraine Should Abandon Hope of Winning All Territory Back from Russia Addressing allies, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth indicated that President Trump is determined to get Europe to assume...
Britain Navigates Rough Transatlantic Waters as Trump Roils the 'Special Relationship' Britain spends 2.3% of GDP on defense and says it will increase that figure to 2.5%.
At Least 11 Baltic Cables Have Been Damaged in 15 Months, Prompting NATO to Up Its Guard NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine...
Intelligence Sharing by the US and Its Allies Has Saved Lives. Trump Could Test Those Ties America's closest intelligence partners are New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Britain, and it often shares with other...
2026 Military Pay Charts Military service members will receive a 3.8% pay raise in 2026. Some senior officers may receive smaller percentages.
Here’s When VA Benefits Do and Don’t Count as Income, for Taxes and Otherwise VA disability compensation is completely tax-free at both federal and state levels. You don't report it on your tax return...
How Veterans at Grey Bull Rescue Are Bringing Americans Home From the World’s Most Dangerous Places When Americans become trapped in some of the world’s most dangerous places—inside active war zones, under collapsing...
Veteran Writer Says FBI Visit Followed Her Criticism of Student Veterans of America Marine veteran writer Elizabeth Hartman says FBI visited her after she criticized Student Veterans of America leadership...
In UK, Veterans Age 65 Told to Prepare for War As the UK readies for possible military conflict, low numbers in the Armed Forces are pushing the British government to bring...