Rust does not actually affect the fighting prowess of America’s ships—but it suggests a navy in decline, an image that China has promoted as it builds up its own fleet.

When the president unexpectedly fired the librarian of Congress, a prominent legislator denounced the “open despotism which now rules at Washington.” The year was 1829, and as Andrew Jackson installed ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told congressional leaders Tuesday that he was still weighing whether to release the full ...

A U.S. Navy admiral who oversees military operations in Latin America handed off command responsibilities Friday as scrutiny ...

Adm. Alvin Holsey relinquished command Friday in a ceremony at U.S. Southern Command headquarters after announcing early ...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting ...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Using U.S. forces to ...

U.S. officials’ messaging about the country has dovetailed with the administration’s shifting policy priorities, a Miami Herald analysis shows.

It’s the Trump administration’s latest push to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who has been charged ...

The U.S. is participating in extrajudicial killings of people in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean, claiming, without evidence, that the murdered men are involved in the narcotics trade. The ...