NEWPORT NEWS — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the Newport News Shipyard on Monday to speak with shipbuilders about what he called the “generational struggle to maintain peace through strength.

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The University of Oklahoma removed the instructor involved in a controversy over First Amendment rights after giving a failing grade to a student who cited her religious beliefs in an essay about ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Getting ahead of China, celebrating recent military strikes and rebranding the military ethos are what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focused on during his visit to Newport ...

Trump said that Maduro and Flores were flown by helicopter to a U.S. warship and would go on to New York to face charges. He posted on Truth Social a photo of the Venezuelan leader, wearing in a gray ...

U.S. Navy Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Ozzy Hammond fires a shot line on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during fueling-at-sea with Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet ...

President Donald Trump announced plans to build a new "golden fleet" of naval vessels, starting with two battleships. The first "Trump class" battleship will be named the USS Defiance, with plans for ...

The U.S. Navy will get two new battleships, the “largest we've ever built,” sometime in the 2030s, President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 22. Construction of the ships, designated Trump-class ...

President Trump said the U.S. Navy would build a new ‘Trump-class’ battleship, with construction of the first ship to begin almost immediately. Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press President Trump ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday the Navy will build a new class of battleships called the Trump class, with the first ship to be named USS Defiant (BBG-1). The ship will displace more than ...