House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), flanked by House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8, 2026.
US Airforce KC-46 Pegasus tankers and one P-8 Poseidon tankersfrom the US Navy are seen stationed at Lajes Air Base in the Azores on February 23, 2026. The United States has intensified its use of the air base amid tensions with Iran.
Drone footage gathered by the Ukrainian military shows widespread battlefield use of Starlink terminals by Russian troops.
Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz) depart a press conference before the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Feb. 24, 2026.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom prepares to address the audience at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 13, 2026.
US NATO Ambassador Whitaker: The US is 'not abandoning Europe'
US NATO Ambassador Whitaker: The US is 'not abandoning Europe'
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) speaks to reporters before a weekly Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on June 3, 2025, in Washington.
President Zelenskyy: 'Only United States can stop Putin'
President Zelenskyy: 'Only United States can stop Putin'
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.): Trump administration has 'doubled down on stupid'
"This is about the free speech rights of over 2 million retired veterans. ... He's going after them," Sen. Mark Kelly said of the president.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says 'Greenland is behind us'
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says 'Greenland is behind us'
Members of the “Blue Team,” representing Germany’s federal government, are seen during a war game at Bundeswehr University in Hamburg, Germany, on Dec. 1, 2025. Seen from left, Gerhard Conrad, Eberhard Zorn and Jörg Asmussen.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference with President Donald Trump following their meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on Dec. 28, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) departs after speaking with reporters outside the Capitol on Jan. 9, 2026.
Sen. Mark Kelly takes an elevator in the Capitol after speaking out against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s efforts to censure on Jan. 12.
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The 32 flags of the NATO member states are seen at the NATO headquarters building on April 4, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium.
Vice President JD Vance (right) and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy shake hands during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany on Feb. 14, 2025.
This photo taken from a video distributed on Dec. 9, 2020, by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, shows a rocket launch as part of a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile test at the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe arrives for a classified briefing with senators at the Capitol on Jan. 7, 2026.
Russian ballistic missiles being prepared for a parade.
President Donald Trump and Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) listen as Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein speaks in the Oval Office about the Golden Dome missile defense system May 20, 2025.
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President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands at the start of a joint news conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, Dec. 28, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives to brief senators at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 7, 2026.
Vice President JD Vance gestures as he tours Pituffik Space Base on March 28, 2025, in Greenland.
Reps. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), left, and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) authorized the bipartisan war powers resolution to require President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval for renewed military action against Venezuela.
