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5 days ago | 
usatoday.com | Janet Loehrke |Jim Sergent |Shawn Sullivan
The United States entered Israel's war against Iran after attacking nuclear facilities with stealth bombers, a guided missile submarine, and an array of support aircraft in a night operation on June 21.
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1 week ago | 
usatoday.com | Janet Loehrke |Ramon Padilla |Sara Chernikoff
While Israel is wielding a wide array of weapons during their ongoing attacks on Iran, there is at least one which only the United States can bring to the battlespace: a bunker-busting bomb known as the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator. According to Department of Defense documents, the GBU-57 is a guided, penetrating weapon with the ability to reach and destroy targets in deeply buried and hardened bunkers and tunnels.
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1 week ago | 
usatoday.com | Janet Loehrke |Ramon Padilla |Sara Chernikoff |Stephen Beard
Iran and Israel continue to exchange strikes five days after their long-simmering conflict hit the flashpoint. Israel's surprise attack on Tehran's nuclear program and targeted assassination of Iranian leadership kicked off a sequence of events that has left hundreds reported killed and the United States at risk of being dragged further into the war. Here's a closer look at what has unfolded since Israel's initial strikes.
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1 week ago | 
usatoday.com | Janet Loehrke |Sara Chernikoff
Israel bombed Iran's state television headquarters as the aerial war between the countries entered its fourth day on June 16. According to Reuters, the Israeli military escalated their bombardment of Iranian cities, while Iran showed they could bypass Israel's air defenses — missiles struck Tel Aviv and the Israeli port city of Haifa before dawn.
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1 week ago | 
usatoday.com | Janet Loehrke
Relentless heat is scorching the western United States as a persistent high-pressure heat dome brought record-breaking temperatures and severe drought conditions. The dry weather could fuel wildfires and put you and your home at risk. The Farmers’ Almanac predicts the heat will be in full force by July. Much of the nation will swelter with above- to high-above-average temperatures, which could break records. The stifling temperatures are coinciding with low humidity and wind gusts of up to 30 mph.
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2 weeks ago | 
thedailynewsonline.com | Janet Loehrke
On June 14, we will not only be saluting the Army's 250th year with President Donald Trump's military parade in downtown Washington, D.C., we will also be celebrating America's symbol of freedom: the American flag. A flag resolution was adopted 248 years ago, on June 14, 1777, that said, "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation," according to the Smithsonian.
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2 weeks ago | 
usatoday.com | Greta Cross |Kathryn Palmer |Janet Loehrke
President Donald Trump's multi-million dollar festival and parade celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army kicks off Saturday morning, June 14 and will continue late into the evening – rain or shine, the White House says. The 250th Birthday of the U.S. Army Grand Military Parade will conclude a day-long festival, full of music, fireworks and a fitness competition. The pomp and circumstance also coincides with Trump's 79th birthday.
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2 weeks ago | 
usatoday.com | Ramon Padilla |Janet Loehrke |George Petras
Seven hundred Marines have been activated and are preparing to deploy to Los Angeles where they will join National Guard troops ordered to protect federal personnel and property in response to protests over immigration raids. President Donald Trump said the guard, sent over the objections of local and state leaders, would restore order after clashes between police and protesters angry at his aggressive pursuit of undocumented immigrants.
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3 weeks ago | 
usatoday.com | George Petras |Janet Loehrke |Jim Sergent
President Donald Trump ordered a travel ban Wednesday, barring residents of 12 countries, mostly in Africa and the Middle East, from entering the U.S. as risks to national security. The ban takes effect on Monday. Partial restrictions were imposed against citizens of seven other nations. It was the first travel ban issued by Trump in his second presidential term. Trump ordered three travel bans against predominantly Muslim nations during his first administration.
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3 weeks ago | 
usatoday.com | George Petras |Janet Loehrke
A massive military parade on the streets of Washington will showcase troops, tanks, weapons, aircraft – and music performers including country singer Scotty Hasting, a former Army infantryman who was wounded in Afghanistan. Country singer Noah Hicks of Nashville and DJ Nyla Symone, one of New York's youngest DJs, will perform at the U.S. Army's Grand Military Parade in Washington.
