Active-Duty Special Forces Soldier Connected to Trump Hotel Tesla Truck Explosion

Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel

Authorities have identified Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger, an Army Special Forces soldier, as the renter of the 2024 Tesla Cybertruck who was killed when the vehicle exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day. Livelsberger, who was assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group headquartered at Fort Carson, Colorado, and stationed in […]

Trump Blames Deadly New Orleans Truck Attack on ‘Radical Islamic Terrorism,’ Open Borders

Donald Trump speaks to reporters before a New Year's Eve party

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday suggested “radical Islamic terrorism” and President Joe Biden’s “open borders” were to blame for the deadly New Orleans truck attack, even though the suspect was an American-born military veteran. Although he did not specifically name the New Orleans killings of 14 New Year’s revelers, Trump left little doubt that he […]

Trump Will Attend the Army-Navy Game Alongside Key Allies, Nominees and Daniel Penny

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump will huddle with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at Saturday’s Army-Navy football game, a chance to take in one of most storied rivalries in college sports while spotlighting his emerging national security team. Trump is expected to be joined by Vice President-elect JD Vance, embattled Pentagon pick Pete […]

Pressure on a Veteran and Senator Shows What's Next for Those who Oppose Trump

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, talks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON — She’s an Iraq War combat veteran and sexual assault survivor who has advocated for years to improve how the military handles claims of sexual misconduct. But when Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, appeared initially cool to the nomination of President-elect Donald Trump ’s choice of Pete Hegseth to serve as defense secretary — a […]

Trump Selects Retired General Keith Kellogg as Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia

Ret. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg speaks to reporters at Trump Tower

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen Keith Kellogg, a highly decorated retired three-star general, to serve as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. Kellogg, who is one of the architects of a staunchly conservative policy book that lays out an “America First” national security agenda for […]

Trump Backs 'Emergency' Plan to Use Military for Mass Deportations

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at the House GOP conference

President-elect Trump Monday backed an “emergency” plan to use the military to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, which he has said could target more than 10 million people. “True!!!” Trump posted on his social media site in response to an ally’s claim that the incoming president would use unspecified emergency powers to round […]

Trump Promises 'Largest Deportation' in US History with Military Help. Can He Do That?

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has promised that, if reelected, he will kick out millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. Trump and his surrogates have offered sparse details for how he would carry out the “largest deportation operation in American history,” but have cemented the goal as a top priority. What is known: […]

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