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The cyberwarfare unit of the US military is investigating an unusually high number of suicides among its personnel during a month-long period this past summer

The U.S. has used nearly all of its global stockpile of long-range precision missiles during the war with Iran, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter tell CBS News.

The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.

The U.S. government bought millions of dollars worth of fuel for its consulate in northern Iraq from a company whose local subcontractor on the deal was owned by a man described by a U.S. official as a front in a company for two blacklisted Lebanese brothers, documents show.

Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon has become a strategic dead end as its desire to guarantee its own security collides with the weakness of the Lebanese authorities. The government in Beirut is trying to use diplomacy to restore the Lebanese Armed Forces’ control over the territory.

The Pentagon faces an urgent budget shortfall caused largely by the war in Iran, with some critical lines of funding set to run out within weeks even as President Donald Trump escalates the conflict with Tehran, according to lawmakers and current and former U.S. officials.

Dozens of US troops were wounded in three Iranian strikes in Jordan that the Pentagon kept quiet in the week before Friday’s attack that killed two American soldiers and left one missing.

The U.S. military inquiry into the so-called Havana syndrome, the mysterious illness claimed by a litany of American intelligence officers, is tapping a controversial contractor: a private surveillance firm that once boasted of its ability to stalk American intelligence officers.

The U.S. cyber defense agency CISA is using Anthropic’s AI model Mythos to audit government software, ‌three people familiar with the matter said on Monday, another sign of government enthusiasm for adopting the AI startup’s tools even as the company navigates an ongoing standoff with the White House.

A former NASA contractor with top-secret security clearance accused the US space agency of quietly removing evidence of alien life from photos before sharing them with the public.

In Donald Trump’s first term, the president called an aide into his study off the Oval Office to assign a new target.

President Donald Trump boarded his very first flight on the self-dubbed ’world’s most luxurious plane’ this morning, departing for North Dakota to attend an America 250 celebration.

iPhone maker wants Trump administration to sign off on purchases to ease pressure from rising semiconductor prices.

The Pentagon has told senators it needs roughly $80 billion, mostly to cover the cost of the U.S. war against Iran, adding to what is already a sizable military spending boost being sought by President Donald Trump.

One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors.

A year ago, Ryan Tseng, the head of U.S. defense tech startup Shield AI, announced his company had turned a new page.

As U.S. kamikaze drones guided by Elon Musk’s Starlink network began to make noticeable progress in the conflict with Iran, senior SpaceX officials concluded that the Pentagon should pay more for access to their satellite Wi-Fi network.

Google is facing a legal challenge from an AI engineer who claims he was unfairly dismissed after he protested against its work for the Israeli government, highlighting growing concerns about the social and ethical impacts of AI.

Ministers have been accused of downgrading air defences for the Falkland Islands as Argentina expands its air force.

Argentine President Javier Milei has openly supported his government’s bold attempt to reclaim the Falkland Islands from their British residents.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint this week to seize Kurdish general Mansour Barzani’s Beverly Hills mansion, alleging he bought and renovated it with $30 million in proceeds from a scheme that defrauded the U.S. Department of Defense during its fight against the Islamic State.

Tens of thousands of people have been paid by a company part-owned by Meta to train AI by combing Instagram accounts.

A US F-15E Strike Eagle fighter has been shot down over Iran, prompting a frantic US search and rescue effort for its two-strong crew, in the first such incident since the start of the five-week-long war.