Troops are authorized to take custody of migrants who illegally cross the border within the zone until they are transferred ...

The administration framed the budget as a 13% increase, but that includes a spending package Congress has yet to pass.

Top Republican defense hawks are concerned about President Donald Trump’s plans for military spending after Friday’s release ...

The emails show significant coordination among Department of Defense and Homeland Security ... raised strenuous opposition when military aircraft from the base — C-17 planes typically meant ...

“Any illegal attempting to enter that zone is entering a military base, a federally protected area,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on a recent visit to New Mexico. “You will be ...

Arizona and California — are now part of a military base. “In this memo, Trump ordered the Pentagon, the Defense Department, to start taking control of this land. So now the U.S. military has ...

“I have said for months that reconciliation defense spending does not replace the need for real growth in the military’s base budget,” Wicker said Friday. Wicker and defense hawks on Capitol ...

Calling it an extension of a military base, critics say ... the southern border with Mexico in a newly created "National Defense Area" in Arizona and New Mexico. It's part of the Trump ...