Liz Friden

2 weeks ago | foxnews.com | Greg Wehner |Liz Friden

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll was tapped to serve as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), replacing FBI Director Kash Patel, who was appointed to the role in February, according to a U.S. defense official. Driscoll was notified of the appointment on Wednesday while traveling in Europe, the defense official told Fox News. He will fulfill both roles, continuing to serve as the Army secretary while overseeing the ATF.

2 weeks ago | foxnews.com | Danielle Wallace |Liz Friden

The development of a nuclear bomb that would be 24 times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II is "significantly ahead of schedule," according to U.S. national security officials. "The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will complete the First Production Unit of the B61-13, a modern variant of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, this fiscal year and significantly ahead of schedule," an NNSA spokesperson told Fox News.

2 weeks ago | foxnews.com | Rachel Wolf |Liz Friden

CENTCOM forces launch airstrikes against Houthis in Yemen Under the direction of President Donald Trump, U.S. Central Command conducted precision airstrikes against Iranian-backed Houthi outposts in Yemen on Saturday. (Credit: U.S. Central Command) Houthis in Yemen have shot down another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone, sources told Fox News. This is the third such drone the rebels have shot down since March 3 and the second shot down since the U.S. began conducting daily strikes.

3 weeks ago | foxnews.com | Andrea Margolis |Liz Friden

US armored vehicle pulled out of Lithuanian swamp Three American soldiers are declared dead Monday after a U.S. armored vehicle was pulled from a swamp near Pabradė, Lithuania. (Credit: Reuters) Officials have released the identities of three of the four U.S. soldiers found dead in Lithuania. The soldiers, who were found in an M88 armored vehicle that sank into a swamp, were all under the age of 25. Sgt. Jose Duenez, Jr., 25, of Joliet, Illinois; Sgt. Edvin F.

4 weeks ago | foxnews.com | Louis Casiano |Liz Friden

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doubled down Wednesday that no war plans or classified information were shared during a Signal group chat of Trump administration officials about possible strikes on Houthi targets, which was mistakenly shared with a journalist. The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, published a story this week detailing the group chat messages, prompting pushback from the administration and calls from Democrats for Hegseth and other defense officials to resign.