What would the objective the be of sending troops in — and how long is the president willing to commit them? ...Once troops are committed, it's hard to bring them home ... that would put troops in jeopardy.
A new controversy out of Washington, D.C. concerns money Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reportedly spent on foods like lobster and crab, and a grand piano for a staffer, as well as furniture and other extraneous items ... .
The U.S. military is deploying three more warships and roughly 2,500 more marines to the Middle East as Iran fires on Israel and energy sites in neighboring Gulf Arab states, sending oil and gas prices soaring. Iran also issued a ... .
Iran threatened Friday to target recreational and tourist sites and insisted it is still building missiles almost three weeks into U.S.-Israeli strikes that killed a slew of Tehran's top leaders ... .
No decision had been made to send troops into Iran itself, but they will build up the capacity for future operations in the region, the officials said on condition of anonymity.