Lloyd Austin
United States Military Academy graduating cadets celebrate at the end of their graduation ceremony of the U.S. Military Academy class of 2021 at Michie Stadium on Saturday, May 22, 2021, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Defense Secretary tells West Point cadets they're ready

May. 22, 2021 07:57 AM EDT

Nominee to be Secretary of the Army Christine Elizabeth Wormuth speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Senate panel likely to OK 1st female Army secretary

By Lolita C. Baldor May. 13, 2021 04:19 PM EDT

FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military increased by a very small amount in 2020, a year when troops were largely locked down for months as bases around the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
Officials: Tiny uptick in 2020 military sex assault reports

By Lolita C. Baldor May. 13, 2021 12:10 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 8, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. Biden will mark his 100th day in office on Thursday, April 29. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
What to watch during Biden's 1st big speech to Congress

By Darlene Superville Apr. 28, 2021 12:19 AM EDT

President Joe Biden, accompanied by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, walks from the Oval Office to speak at a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Japan, US showcase alliance, resolve in dealing with China

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Mari Yamaguchi And Aamer Madhani Apr. 16, 2021 12:16 PM EDT

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a meeting of his senior secretaries at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 12, 2021. Moon on Monday welcomed a decision by two South Korean electric vehicle battery makers to settle a long-running intellectual property dispute that had threatened thousands of American jobs and President Joe Biden's environmental policies. (Choe Jae-koo/Yonhap via AP)
Biden to host South Korea's president in late May

Apr. 15, 2021 01:29 PM EDT

US, Philippine forces stage scaled down drills amid pandemic

Apr. 12, 2021 10:23 AM EDT
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — American and Philippines forces on Monday opened one of their most scaled down annual combat exercises in decades due to the...

Chinese security personnel stand on duty near an art work outside the United States Embassy in Beijing on April 6, 2021. China accused the U.S. of causing humanitarian disasters through foreign military interventions in a report Friday, April 9, 2021 that was the latest broadside by Beijing amid increasingly contentious relations with the Biden administration. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China report accuses US of causing humanitarian disasters

Apr. 09, 2021 03:17 AM EDT

President Joe Biden’s Cabinet. (AP Graphic)
At 1st Cabinet meeting, Biden says team 'looks like America'

By Darlene Superville And Zeke Miller Apr. 01, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

President Joe Biden’s Cabinet. (AP Graphic)
Biden to hold first Cabinet meeting amid infrastructure push

By Jonathan Lemire And Zeke Miller Mar. 31, 2021 01:48 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2018, file photo, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, waits with North Korea's nominal head of state, Kim Yong Nam, for the start of a women's hockey game at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. After giving the Biden administration the silent treatment for two months, North Korea this week marshalled two of the most powerful women in its leadership to warn Washington over combined military exercises with South Korea and the diplomatic consequences of its “hostile” policies toward Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
White House: North Korea conducted short-range missile test

By Aamer Madhani And Matthew Lee Mar. 23, 2021 07:15 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 21, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping stroll in the premises of Kumsusan guest house in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim in a message to Xi called for stronger “unity and cooperation” between the countries in the face of challenges posed by “hostile forces,” the North’s state media and Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
Xi, Kim share messages reaffirming China-N. Korea alliance

By Kim Tong-Hyung Mar. 22, 2021 11:28 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Mar. 17, 2021 08:17 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 17 The Los Angeles Times...

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, elbow bumps with Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, and Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, front, watch after a joint news conference after their two plus two security talks at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are meeting to discuss their concern over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region as the Biden administration tries to reaffirm engagement with its key regional allies.(Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)
US sanctions 24 China and Hong Kong officials ahead of talks

By Zen Soo Mar. 17, 2021 06:23 AM EDT

Antony Blinken, U.S. secretary of state, speaks to Toshimitsu Motegi, Japan's foreign minister, and Nobuo Kishi, Japan's defense minister, both not pictured, during the two plus two security talks at Iikura guest house in Tokyo Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are meeting to discuss their concern over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region as the Biden administration tries to reaffirm engagement with its key regional allies. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP)
White House sets low expectations for China talks in Alaska

By Aamer Madhani Mar. 16, 2021 09:09 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 2, 2019, file photo, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam. In North Korea's first comments directed at the Biden administration, Kim Yo Jong criticized the United States and South Korea for holding military exercises and warned the U.S. against further provocations if it wants a "good night's sleep for the next four years." Her statement was issued on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Asia to talk to U.S. allies Japan and South Korea about North Korea and other regional issues. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP, File)
North criticizes US-South Korean drills before allies meet

By Kim Tong-Hyung Mar. 15, 2021 10:05 PM EDT

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, right, attend a joint news conference after their two plus two security talks at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are meeting to discuss their concern over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region as the Biden administration tries to reaffirm engagement with its key regional allies.(Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)
Japan, US to share China worry as ministers meet in Tokyo

By Mari Yamaguchi Mar. 15, 2021 09:33 PM EDT

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, second right, speaks during the virtual summit of the leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the U.S., a group known as “the Quad", at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, March 12, 2021. On a monitor displays U.S. President Joe Biden, top right, Scott Morrison, Australia's Prime Minister, bottom left, and Narendra Modi, India's Prime Minister, bottom right. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via AP)
US, Indo-Pacific allies to expand India's vaccine production

By Aamer Madhani Mar. 12, 2021 10:28 AM EST

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on the administration foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington, (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP)
Top US, China officials to meet over intense divides

By Matthew Lee Mar. 10, 2021 04:25 PM EST

Gender Policy Council co-chair Jennifer Klein speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, March 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden order could change how colleges handle sex misconduct

By Collin Binkley And Aamer Madhani Mar. 08, 2021 03:31 PM EST