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Trump caps week with bold military moves from Pentagon name change to cartel crackdown

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President Donald Trump wrapped up the week Friday signing an executive order to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
The executive order gives the green light to use the name «Department of War» as a secondary title for the Department of Defense, along with terms like «secretary of war» for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, according to a White House fact sheet.
The order also calls for Hegseth to propose both legislative and executive actions to permanently cement the title as the U.S. Department of War.
Additionally, a White House official told Fox News Digital that implementing the order would mean making alterations to public-facing websites and office signage at the Pentagon. For example, one change on the horizon is renaming the public affairs briefing room the «Pentagon War Annex,» the official said, noting other longer-term projects also will emerge.
TRUMP TO RENAME PENTAGON, RESTORING HISTORIC ‘DEPARTMENT OF WAR’ IN LATEST MILITARY MOVE
President Donald Trump speaks to troops in North Carolina in June 2025. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press)
The U.S. previously used the Department of War title for its military agency until 1949, but modified it to the Department of Defense to align with multiple reforms included in the National Security Act of 1947.
Trump signaled in late August the change might happen.
«Everybody likes that we had an unbelievable history of victory when it was Department of War,» Trump told reporters Aug. 25. «Then we changed it to Department of Defense.»
Here’s what also happened this week:
War on cartels
Trump also announced that the U.S. military strike against an alleged drug-laden Venezuelan boat in the southern Caribbean killed 11 suspected Tren de Aragua narco-terrorists Tuesday.
Trump shared a video on social media Tuesday depicting the strike against the Venezuelan vessel, just days after he authorized sending three U.S. Navy guided missile destroyers to enhance the administration’s counternarcotics efforts in the region.
«You had massive amounts of drugs,» Trump told reporters Wednesday about the recent strike. «We have tapes of them speaking. It was massive amounts of drugs coming into our country to kill a lot of people. And everybody fully understands that fact. You see it, you see the bags of drugs all over the boat and they were hit.»
MADURO CLAIMS US SEEKS ‘REGIME CHANGE THROUGH MILITARY THREAT’ AMID CARIBBEAN BUILDUP

Tensions between Venezuela and the U.S. continue to escalate. The Pentagon said Sept. 4, 2025, that two Venezuelan aircraft flew over a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via Reuters; Brian Snyder/Reuters)
«Obviously, they won’t be doing it again. And I think a lot of other people won’t be doing it again. When they watch that tape, they’re going to say, ‘Let’s not do this.’ We have to protect our country, and we’re going to. Venezuela has been a very bad actor.»
After the deployment of the destroyers, Maduro said Venezuela was ready to respond to any attacks and said the ship’s presence in the region was «an extravagant, unjustifiable, immoral and absolutely criminal and bloody threat.»
«In the face of this maximum military pressure, we have declared maximum preparedness for the defense of Venezuela,» Maduro said during a Monday press conference.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon confirmed Thursday that two Venezuelan aircraft buzzed a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters.
«This highly provocative move was designed to interfere with our counter narco-terror operations,» the Defense Department wrote in a statement posted to X. «The cartel running Venezuela is strongly advised not to pursue any further effort to obstruct, deter or interfere with counter-narcotics and counter-terror operations carried out by the U.S. military.»
Space Command HQ move
Trump also unveiled plans Tuesday to move Space Command’s headquarters from Colorado to Alabama — putting an end to the controversy about where the command would be based.
Space Command has been operating out of Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but Trump long has backed moving the command’s headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama. But in 2023, former President Joe Biden announced that the command would remain based in Colorado.
TRUMP PLANS TO MOVE SPACE COMMAND TO ALABAMA, COUNTERING BIDEN ORDER TO KEEP IT IN COLORADO

President Donald Trump reestablished Space Command in 2019. (Getty/AP Newsroom)
«The U.S. Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful locale of a place called Huntsville, Alabama, forever to be known from this point forward as Rocket City,» Trump told reporters Tuesday.
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Gran Bretaña también avanza en un plan para prohibir o limitar el uso de redes sociales a menores de 16 años

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Sharia law victim who fled Somalia issues endorsement in critical Senate race

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EXCLUSIVE: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a high-profile women’s rights activist who fled Sharia law, has endorsed Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, for re-election in a critical Senate race that could determine whether the GOP retains its majority.
In a video announcing her endorsement, Ali, a speaker and author who fled Somalia after suffering female genital mutilation, said that «only John Cornyn has a proven record of stopping radical Islamic extremism.»
«I’ve seen firsthand what radical Islam does to women, to families, and to nations who ignore the warning signs. America is not immune, and neither is Texas,» she went on, adding, «That’s why experience matters.»
This comes amid an already contentious Senate primary race in Texas between Cornyn, who has held the seat since 2002, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas. President Donald Trump has not weighed in on the race, though he recently hinted he may do so, saying, «My problem is I’m friendly with all of them.»
TEXAS GOVERNOR EXPOSES ‘HYPOCRISY’ OF DEM PUSH FOR STATES’ RIGHTS IN MINNESOTA AFTER BIDEN YEARS
Left: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Center: Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. Right: Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas. (Official website of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton; Kevin Dietsch/Getty; Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Texas leaders have recently sounded the alarm about the growth of Sharia law in the Lone Star State. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott recently issued a proclamation designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Brotherhood as «foreign terrorist organizations» and «transnational criminal organizations» under Texas law.
Ali emphasized the importance of Cornyn’s experience in pushing back against Sharia law, taking subtle jabs at Paxton and Hunt, who would be first-term senators.
She said that Cornyn «has taken the threat seriously when others choose denial or political games.»
«If you want a Texas that protects its people and defends its values, you need a leader who understands the danger and knows how to stop it,» she said.
«To keep Texas strong and safe from radical Islam, vote John Cornyn.»
GOP GOVERNOR LAYS OUT PLAN TO ‘PURGE’ TERRORISTS AND TERROR SUPPORTERS FROM STATE

Author Ayaan Hirsi Ali attends a book presentation of ‘Reformiert Euch! Warum der Islam such aendern muss – Refurbished you! Why Islam must change’ on April 20, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. ( (Photo by Christian Marquardt/Getty Images))
In response, Cornyn told Fox News Digital, «I am honored to be endorsed by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has spoken fearlessly about the dangers of radical Islam from her own experience.»
Cornyn’s office pointed to several actions he has taken as senator to push back on Sharia Law in the U.S., including recently Introducing the Defeat Sharia Law in America Act, which the office said aims to clarify that discriminating based on Sharia Law is a violation of the Civil Rights Act, co-sponsoring the No Sharia Act, which it said prohibits U.S. courts from enforcing foreign laws or judgments that violate the Constitution and calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate «EPIC Ranches City» in Texas, a master-planned development that allegedly marketed itself as a Muslims-only community.
In 2025, Cornyn also introduced legislation to strip the tax-exempt status from organizations that provide material support to designated terrorist groups, specifically targeting CAIR. He also co-sponsored the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act, which directs the Secretary of State to designate the group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
«For many years now, I have worked to confront this radical ideology, from working to ban Sharia Law, to identifying, arresting and prosecuting terrorist organizations, and calling on the DOJ to investigate the EPIC City development,» Cornyn said. «I will continue to protect Texans from the threat of radical Islamic ideology anywhere in our country.»
TEXAS REPUBLICANS LAUNCH ‘SHARIA FREE AMERICA CAUCUS’ AIMED AT DEFENDING ‘WESTERN CIVILIZATION’

People arrive at a mosque to attend Friday prayers, in Plano, Texas, on April 11, 2025. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
Ali’s endorsement comes just over two weeks until the GOP’s primary election day in Texas.
Cornyn, a high-ranking Senate Republican, has also been endorsed by the National Republican Senatorial Committee as well as the National Border Patrol Council.
Meanwhile, Paxton, who has served as the top attorney for Texas since 2015, was recently endorsed by Turning Point Action, the political arm of the late Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA. Hunt, a U.S. Army veteran, has been endorsed by Veterans for America First.
Both Paxton and Hunt have also spoken out against Sharia Law in Texas. Paxton sued CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood, seeking to shut them down and bar their operations in Texas. He also sued the developers behind EPIC as well, arguing they violated Texas securities law by selling investment interests without proper registration and by failing to verify accredited investor status as required.
Hunt has said Sharia law is «completely incompatible with the founding principles of the United States of America» and argued it should have no place in U.S. legal or civic systems.
TEXAS DEMOCRAT FEUD GROWS AS COLIN ALLRED CLAIMS JAMES TALARICO MADE OFFENSIVE REMARK ABOUT FAMILY, CAMPAIGNS

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) questions former Special Counsel Jack Smith as he testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on January 22, 2026 in Washington, D.C. State Representative James Talarico, a Democrat from Texas and US Senate candidate, during a debate at the 2026 Texas AFL-CIO COPE Convention in Georgetown, Texas, US, on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Al Drago/Getty Images; Bob Daemmrich/The Texas Tribune/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
All three Republican candidates have touted their support for Trump and their records of supporting his agenda in their respective offices.
Trump recently told reporters that he may weigh in on the primary race soon, saying, «I’m giving it a very serious look.»
«You know, my problem is I’m friendly with all of them. I like all of them, all three,» Trump said.
«But you’ll be seeing soon,» he went on. «They say whoever I endorse wins. That’s probably right.»
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Whichever Republican emerges victorious from the primary election will face off against either leading Democratic voice Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, or progressive rising star state Rep. James Talarico.
According to Paxton’s office, Ali will appear at a campaign roundtable with religious leaders in North Texas later this week.
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he met with Democratic senators, thanked US for support

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X that he met with U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.
«Thank you for seeing us,» Blumenthal can be heard saying in a video included in Zelenskyy’s post. «We look forward to hearing from you, ah, about how we can be more helpful.»
Zelenskyy indicated in the post that during the meeting he «thanked the United States for its strong bipartisan support and work for peace.»
UK, GERMAN DEFENSE OFFICIALS DEFEND MILITARY BUILDUP UNDER RUSSIAN THREATS
Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends the 62nd Munich Security Conference on Feb. 14, 2026, in Germany. (Gisela Schober/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump has been trying to help broker peace between Russia and Ukraine, but the two nations remain locked in conflict.
«Before our meeting, the senators met with children whom Ukraine managed to return from Russia. Thank you, this is truly important,» Zelenskyy noted in the post.
RUBIO MEETS WITH ZELENSKYY AHEAD OF CRUCIAL GENEVA TALKS, SAYS TRUMP WANTS SOLUTION THAT ‘ENDS BLOODSHED’

Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, left, and Richard Blumenthal speak at a press conference following a meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Feb. 16, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images)
«We see no better tools to influence Moscow than pressure. There is an important sanctioning act in the Senate right now, and we expect it to work. I also informed them about the constant Russian strikes on our people and, in particular, on American businesses as well. It is absolutely fair that Russian money should be used to defend against this terror, and we discussed the prospects of utilizing immobilized Russian assets to purchase missiles for the Patriot systems,» he added.
«I thank the President, Congress, and the people of the United States for their support,» Zelenskyy noted.
UKRAINE STRIKES MAJOR RUSSIAN AMMO DEPOT WITH ‘FLAMINGO’ MISSILE AS TRUMP URGES ZELENSKYY TO MOVE ON DEAL
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Fox News Digital reached out to the senators’ offices on Monday.
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