NATO deployed an Italian SAMP/T missile-defense system in the central Anatolian city of Konya to reinforce the alliance’s air defense, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at NATO allies on Thursday, announcing a review of American forces in Europe, and calling for a reboot of the organization to turn it into a "NATO 3.0."
US War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that America’s allies in Europe must take the lead on the defense of their own continent and help turn NATO into “a read hard-line military alliance.”
Gavin Newsom is presumed innocent. He hasn't even been charged with anything yet — though he claimed earlier this week that federal agents have been questioning his relatives and associates.
As the White House releases key details of its agreement with Iran, NBC News Correspondents Matt Bradley, Gabe Gutierrez, Sahil Kapur, Dan De Luce and “Cosmopolitics” podcast host Elise Labott join Meet the Press NOW to report on the latest reactions to the proposal.
The Bulwark's editor Jonathan V. Last argues President Donald Trump's deteriorating relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could inadvertently boost Vice President JD Vance's 2028 presidential ambitions. A potential U.S. and Israel split could reshape the MAGA coalition, positioning Vance to appeal to both pro-war Republicans frustrated with surrender and America First isolationists skeptical of the Israeli relationship, argues Last. He also writes, Israel will become one of the big cleavages in the post-Trump GOP, with younger base members opposing continued American support while establishment MAGA remains pro-Israel. Netanyahu faces a choice: embrace Trump's war-ending deal or break with the president. Trump's criticism of Netanyahu, calling him crazy, in addition to his declining popularity in Israel, suggests a potential rupture, the author explains. Last contends Vance could leverage any Trump-Israel schism by claiming ownership of the war's conclusion, positioning himself favorably with the Republican base despite his current difficult position.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.
The Trump administration is now arguing that an alleged thwarted drone attack on the White House UFC event on Sunday was an “assassination plot,” even as charging documents indicate otherwise, in an attempt to convince America that the president really does need that ballroom.Just four days before the UFC event, Tycen Proper, 19, of Ohio, reportedly told federal agents that he and four other people planned to bomb the event using drones and then shoot people fleeing. He was hospitalized with homicidal ideations and charged along with other members of his group. They had collected weapons and ammunition, but the status of the drones is unclear.The Department of Justice refers to Proper’s alleged plan as an “assassination plot” in its most recent legal defense for the White House ballroom the president has been insisting on building for weeks now. But Proper was charged with conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S., attempted murder, firearm possession, and receipt or transfer of a firearm used to commit a felony—not assassination, as the DOJ claims.“This latest assassination plot against President Trump and dignitaries at the White House demonstrates the compelling need for the East Wing Project, with a Ballroom designed to defend against just such,” the filing Tuesday reads.This filing came on the same day that Vice President JD Vance described the planned UFC attack as “not that advanced,” placing even more doubt on the legitimacy of the administration’s filing claim.This shameless argument also came on the same day that The Washington Post reported that half the cost of President Trump’s $600 million ballroom will be paid by U.S. taxpayers—even after promising the project would be “taxpayer free,” with no U.S. citizen paying even “10 cents.”
President Trump on Wednesday defended letting Iran maintain its large arsenal of ballistic missiles when discussing the emerging deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The president said during the G7 press conference in France that the U.S. will be working with Gulf allies in addressing issues not related to Iran’s nuclear program,…
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, plans to pursue a psychiatric defense in his state murder trial, a judge revealed Wednesday. New York Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione’s lawyers notified the court they intend to argue the 28-year-old was suffering from an “extreme emotional disturbance” at the time of the…