John Kirby

President Joe Biden on Friday named Pentagon press secretary John Kirby to be the new National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications.

The Russian military has begun to move some of its troops in Ukraine away from the areas around Kyiv to positions elsewhere in Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says ultimatums won’t work as trapped Ukrainians will “fight till the end.”

Department of Defense spokesperson John Kirby on Wednesday clarified the Pentagon’s decision to decline facilitating a transfer of MiG-29 jets from Poland to Ukraine. “We believe the provision of additional fighter aircraft provides little increased capabilities at high risk [for escalation].”

There’s widespread uncertainty in Kyiv over whether Russia will launch a full assault on the capital in the coming hours and days.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said on Wednesday the United States will be postponing a missile test in an effort to “Demonstrate that we are a responsible nuclear power.”

More than 3,000 U.S. troops recently deployed to Poland are preparing to assist refugees who flee Ukraine in the event of a Russian invasion.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative for Covid-19 as the omicron variant surges in the United States.

U.S. officials say they believe Iran was behind the drone attack last week at the military outpost in southern Syria where American troops are based

U.S. Marines began arriving in Kabul on Friday to help evacuate embassy staff as the Taliban offensive continued its sweep through Afghanistan.

The U.S. Embassy warned its ability to assist Americans is “extremely limited even within Kabul” due to deteriorating security and reduced staffing.

The Pentagon will reverse many of the military’s Trump-era transgender policies, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby announced Wednesday.

“The Taliban have not met their commitments,” Pentagon press secretary John Kirby told reporters during a press briefing.

Within months after leaving her post as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton sent through her private server an email to state officials and diplomats that referenced a nuclear energy deal with the United Arab Emirates, NBC News reports. The email was heavily redacted to secure information that has been classified in the years since it was sent in May 2013.

Hillary Clinton wrongly claimed that FBI Director James Comey found her public statements about not sending or receiving classified email on her private server to be “truthful.” On “Fox News Sunday,” Clinton had been asked about her public statements that “there is no classified materials” among the emails she sent and received using a personal email account and server while...

The U.S. State Department says it is looking into reports another American has been detained in Iran. State Department spokesman John Kirby would not comment further Thursday on the detention of Robin Shahini.

Two siblings from New York City who were visiting Brussels during Tuesday’s terror attacks are missing, their family said.

Iran test-launched two ballistic missiles Wednesday emblazoned with the phrase “Israel must be wiped out” in Hebrew, Iranian media reported, in a show of power by the Shiite nation as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s visited Jerusalem. The new missile firings were the latest in a series of tests in recent days, aimed at demonstrating that Iran will push ahead...