Internal Pentagon figures show the number of major accidents involving military aircraft spiked in 2024.

Critics are warning that Florida's new social studies standards rehabilitate aspects of McCarthyism and the anti-communist Red Scare.

The Navy's Pacific Fleet says a fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other.

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state produced plutonium for most of America's nuclear arsenal through the end of the Cold War.

The U.S. military has historically been an engine for cultural and social change in America.

This summer, President Donald Trump has begun to chisel back Medicaid and food stamps.

Donald Trump once decried the idea of taking vacations as president.

U.S. President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts are meeting at what might be a historic summit.

An F/A-18 fighter jet landing on the USS Harry S.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has again ordered the USS Harry S.

The British military has launched airstrikes with the United States targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

The Navy says an F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels say a U.S. airstrike that hit a prison holding African migrants killed at least 68 people.

Houthi rebels in Yemen have shot down seven U.S. Reaper drones in less than six weeks.

Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the 78th anniversary of his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

A second U.S. aircraft carrier is operating in Mideast waters ahead of the next round of talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Suspected U.S. airstrikes have battered rebel-controlled areas of Yemen, which the Houthis say killed at least six people.

Only one person in U.S. history has defied the two-term example set by the first president, George Washington.

Some military spouses and veterans are questioning the White House’s handling of security after a journalist was accidentally added to a group chat about military strikes in Yemen.

A U.S. official says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is beefing up the Navy warship presence in the Middle East, ordering two aircraft carriers to be there next month as the U.S. increases strikes on Yemen-based Houthi rebels.

U.S. President Donald Trump has explicitly linked the actions of Yemen’s Houthi rebels to the group’s main benefactor, Iran.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he has ordered airstrikes against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen, and issued a warning to Tehran.

The Navy says the aircraft carrier USS Harry S.

One of the next moves in President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s effort to fire government employees and curtail operations is using the agency that manages federal employee worksites around the country to cut down on office space.

Beyoncé has won album of the year at the 67th Grammy Awards.

Five current and former U.S. presidents have come together for Jimmy Carter’s funeral.

The U.S. military says two U.S. Navy pilots have been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident.

The Pentagon says the U.S. is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East in response to a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that is raising the risk of a greater regional war.

Just in time for the 2024 presidential election, a new book chronicles the storied history of whistle-stop campaign trains, from the earliest days of rail travel through to today.

U.S. soldiers were fighting in Korea when President Harry Truman signed a congressional resolution calling for an annual National Day of Prayer.

Today is Monday, Oct. 26, the 300th day of 2020. In 1949, President Harry S. Truman signed a measure raising the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour. In 1975, Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to pay an official visit to the United States. In 1979, South Korean President Park Chung-hee was shot to death by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, Kim Jae-kyu. In 1980, Israeli President Yitzhak Navon became the first Israeli head of state to visit Egypt.

Today is Thursday, Oct. 8, the 282nd day of 2020. Today’s Highlight in History:On Oct. 8, 1981, at the White House President Ronald Reagan greeted former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, who were preparing to travel to Egypt for the funeral of Anwar Sadat. In 1997, Scientists reported the Mars Pathfinder had yielded what could be the strongest evidence yet that Mars might once have been hospitable to life. In 1998, news broke of an affair between then-President Bill Clinton and 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. In 2017, Harvey Weinstein was fired from The Weinstein Company amid allegations that he was responsible for decades of sexual harassment.

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 6, the 280th day of 2020. In 1973, war erupted in the Middle East as Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel during the Yom Kippur holiday. Blood donors line up behind an ambulance on a Tel Aviv street, Oct. 6, 1973. Rock singer Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon) is 69. Rock singer-musician David Hidalgo (Los Lobos) is 66.

Rock singer Brian Johnson (AC/DC) is 73. Rock musician David Bryson (Counting Crows) is 66. Rock musician Brian Mashburn (Save Ferris) is 45. Rock musician James Valentine (Maroon 5) is 42. Rock musician Paul Thomas (Good Charlotte) is 40.