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The USS George Washington arrives at the port in Danang, Vietnam, July 30, 2026. (Nhac NGUYEN/AFP)
August 20, 2026, 8:48 pm
US aircraft carrier arrives in Mideast to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln after record deployment
Crew on Lincoln reportedly suffered mental health declines and supply shortages amid its over 250 days at sea; move leaves East Asia without an American carrier strike group
By Ben Finley and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
This image made from a video provided by KGTV shows the scene of an F-35 jet crash on July 31, 2026, near the Miramar Air Base in San Diego. (KGTV via AP)
August 1, 2026, 2:28 am
US Marines say F-35 crashed in California; pilot expected to live after ejecting
Aviator brought to local hospital in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries; incident deemed a ‘Class A mishap,’ the most severe
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA
US President Donald Trump arrives to board Marine One on the Ellipse near the White House on July 22, 2026 in Washington, DC, before traveling to Dover Air Force Base to attend the dignified transfers of US service members killed by Iranian military strikes in Jordan. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images/AFP)
July 28, 2026, 3:14 am
Pentagon removes 4 troops killed in renewed Iran fighting from official war death toll
Decision raises questions about properly counting impact of war on US service members, but Pentagon denies trying to hide growing toll, blames it on ‘temporary data disruptions’
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
This image taken from video provided by KABC shows law enforcement responding to the scene of an aircraft crash, June 15, 2026, near Edwards Air Force Base, California. (KABC via AP)
June 16, 2026, 5:35 am
8 people killed after US B-52 bomber crashes during test mission in California
Those on board include government contractors, uniformed military personnel and two Boeing employees, officials say; cause of crash not immediately clear
By Christopher Weber and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
The Polymarket prediction market website is displayed on a computer screen, January 11, 2026, in New York. (AP/Wyatte Grantham-Philips)
April 24, 2026, 9:36 am
US soldier allegedly used classified intel to win $400K Polymarket bet on Maduro raid
Master sergeant, 38, was part of operation to capture Venezuelan leader; prosecutors say de facto leak ahead of mission ‘endangered national security’
By Hallie Golden, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
A woman holds a banner showing portraits of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and his son Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to him, during a campaign in support of the government. downtown Tehran, Iran, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
March 31, 2026, 8:54 pm
Iran’s regime remains defiant despite absorbing massive blows from Israel and the US
While the US insists Tehran is ‘effectively neutralized,’ experts say the regime is entrenched, looks to ’cause sustained pain and to drive up the costs of the war’ for Trump
By Isabel Debre and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
From left: Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, Capt. Cody Khork, 35, and Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42. (Sgt. Brent Newton/US Army via AP)
March 5, 2026, 3:58 am
‘Unimaginable loss’: US soldiers who died in Iran war mourned by friends, family
4 slain troops remembered as a garden-loving mother of 2, an Eagle Scout studying cybersecurity, a generous history buff, and a martial arts mentor
By HANNAH FINGERHUT, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and Rebecca Boone
USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier refuels from the underway replenishment oiler USNS Laramie in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, October 11, 2023. (US Navy photo via AP)
February 13, 2026, 11:56 am
US sending second aircraft carrier, world’s largest, to Mideast as Iran tensions high
Source says USS Ford to join USS Lincoln as Trump ups pressure on Tehran to reach nuclear deal; Iranians hold 40-day mourning events for victims of regime’s crackdown on protests
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and Jon Gambrell
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem participates in a tour at the US Coast Guard Station Charleston, Friday, in Charleston, South Carolina, November 7, 2025. (Alex Brandon/AP)
November 21, 2025, 10:34 am
US Coast Guard reverses course on policy to call swastikas merely ‘potentially divisive’
Move comes hours after reports that the service had decided that neither the Nazi symbol, nor other motifs such as the noose, would be considered hate symbols, drawing outrage
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, LISA MASCARO and Susan Haigh
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, director of the US Defense Intelligence Agency, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
August 23, 2025, 6:43 am
Hegseth fires general whose agency’s damage assessment on Iran strikes angered Trump
No reason given for dismissal of Defense Intelligence Agency chief Jeffrey Kruse, other senior officers, in Trump administration’s latest shakeup of military and intel communities
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, MARY CLARE JALONICK and Michelle L. Price
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