WASHINGTON (AP) — In an extraordinary rebuke, former defense secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday denounced President Donald Trump’s heavy-handed use of military force to quell protests near the White House and said his former boss…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper is facing the most politically charged crisis of his tenure, criticized for calling protester-filled streets a military “battle space” and accused of failing to keep the military out…

WASHINGTON (AP) — After threatening states that he would dispatch the military to quell protests, President Donald Trump appeared to be privately backing off, with White House officials saying the response to demonstrations across the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed to deploy the military to “dominate the streets” of America and federal forces followed his lead, aggressively clearing a Washington park of protesters with tear gas so he…

Long before graduation, Taven Tavarez had decided what his post-high school plans would entail. Tavarez, a graduating member of Iola High School’s Class of 2020, joined the Army National Guard last summer, fresh off his…

Karson McGraw has never been one to shy away from a challenge. During his senior year of football, McGraw was asked by his Iola High coaches to play on the Mustang offensive line, even though…

Crest High School graduate Annika Hobbs is firing up her jets in preparing to join the U.S. Air Force. She begins basic training on July 21 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. As…

KABUL, Afghanistan — President Donald Trump spoke by phone with a top leader of the Taliban about the recent peace agreement reached in Qatar. Trump, speaking Tuesday as he left the White House, called the…

A recent column in the Wall Street Journal characterized Pete Buttigieg’s military service as a half-effort. After all, Buttigieg’s 2009-2017 stint in the Navy Reserves included only seven months in Afghanistan and he never was…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is offering a $4.8 trillion election-year budget plan that recycles previously rejected cuts to domestic programs to promise a balanced budget in 15 years — all while boosting the…