A Pentagon spokesman said the increase was unrelated to the fall of President Bashar al-Assad to rebel forces in early December.

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Corruption investigations may have shaken Beijing’s confidence in top commanders, but China’s military expansion hasn’t slowed, a report found.

He is about to regain control of the country’s nuclear arsenal at one of the most volatile times in history.

Americans have counted on the indispensability of a constitutionally alert military. Will that continue?

The department has confronted the challenge of China by restricting key exports, a policy that is likely to continue in the Trump administration.

No shockwave. No mushroom cloud. But a space nuke would change life on Earth forever.

Hegseth, too, wants to fight the “enemy within.”

The Pentagon needs what the company offers to compete with China even as it frets over its potential for dominance and the billionaire’s global interests.

The big and cumbersome Army is trying to transform itself to deploy quickly to Asia, if needed. It is an inherently dangerous business.

The former president’s most disturbing statements are not bluster. They are a road map to what he will do if elected again.

Pentagon officials discuss whether the flow of assistance could be hurting the military’s ability to respond to a new conflict.