A recent gathering at the Pentagon was extraordinary. Not in a good way. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals and other officers to leave their posts all over the world. He ...

Like every authoritarian before him, Trump is working to co-opt news sources and control what the public sees and hears. Too many corporate outlets are bending the knee—but not Common Dreams. We will ...

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he is preparing to declare a state of emergency to protect his country in the event of an attack by the US military, amid rising tensions over the deployment ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is ready to declare a state of emergency over the threat of US "aggression," following a spate of deadly US strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats, Vice ...

Pam Bondi vowed that “weaponization has ended” with Trump in office, but also outlined plans to make sure that all naysayers will meet her wrath. Reporter Donald Trump’s former defense lawyer ...

He is not a complicated man, the president of the United States. Donald Trump is a 79-year-old who is going on 14, displaying without filter all the disordered thinking of a child reared in the ...

A court has heard more details about the inner workings of the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) before it agreed Northern Ireland's biggest property deal in 2014. Businessman Frank Cushnahan, ...

President Donald Trump revealed that he wants to use American cities as training grounds for the armed forces and joined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday in declaring an end to “woke” culture ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced new directives for soldiers that include "gender-neutral" or "male-level" standards for physical fitness. US President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary ...

The slow pace of reconstruction after January’s fire disaster has touched off a political tempest in Malibu, prompting the resignation of the city’s volunteer rebuilding “ambassador” and his ...

When a federal judge rebuked the Trump administration’s use of the military in Los Angeles earlier this month, he included a little-noticed but shocking footnote. After National Guard Maj. Gen. Scott ...