President Donald Trump threatened possible US military action against Islamist militants in Nigeria if the country’s government doesn’t halt the groups’ “killing of Christians.”

The US military is upgrading a Cold War base in the Caribbean it abandoned 20 years ago. Experts say it’s a step towards sustained operations in the region.

President Donald Trump threatened deployment of U.S. troops in Nigeria over claims of "killing of Christians" while also refusing to rule out land strikes in Venezuela.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth says he had a "positive" meeting with China’s defense chief Dong Jun as both sides agreed to open military channels to ease tensions.

WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has built up an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off the coast of Venezuela since this summer, when the Trump administration first began to shift assets to the region as part of its so-called war against narcoterrorism.

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A plan by the US Army to deploy small modular nuclear reactors could help the military replace fossil fuels shipped along precarious supply lines with electricity and synthetic fuels generated on-site.

The U.S. military has begun reducing its mission in Iraq under an agreement made with Iraqi officials last year.

Host Miles Teller portrayed both Jonathan and Drew Scott — the Property Brothers from the show of the same name — as the twins showed up at the White House to help Donald Trump remodel the structure on “Saturday Night Live.” Americans have been aghast at watching Trump demolish the East Wing to build a …