Two U.S. Navy aviators ejected while trying to land their aircraft on USS Dwight D. Eisenhower off the coast of Virginia Monday evening in what the Navy described as a “mishap” that also injured four sailors. The sailors were on board the aircraft carrier at the time. One sailor is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a Norfolk-area hospital, the Navy said. The aviators, assigned to Carrier Air...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that a recent thwarted terror plot near a United Kingdom military base used by the United States involved a “foreign actor,” linking the incident to global threats from adversaries such as Iran. “What happened, what almost happened, what could have happened in the U.K. over the weekend is a very serious situation,” Rubio told Fox News’ “Hannity” on Monday night. “It’s one...

For years, being “soft” on China was a political insult hurled across the aisle. Great-power competition ruled. Washington increasingly prepared for the possibility of war with Beijing as the national security world pivoted toward the Indo-Pacific. The scene in D.C. last week looked markedly different as President Donald Trump attempts to welcome in a new era with the world’s second-biggest superpower and growing adversary — especially when it...