After finishing my last article on the inability of the US Navy to build frigates, I was hopeful that I could have a bit of a break before the next crisis in American naval shipbuilding. If there were ...

Even before using a US Navy armada to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump had big ideas to remake the service in his image. At a glitzy Mar-a-Lago rollout last month, he ...

With much fanfare, just before Christmas, President Trump unveiled a rendering of the USS Defiant, a new Trump-class battleship and the biggest warship the U.S. has constructed since WWII.

President Donald Trump's recent two-week holiday vacation at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach was historic on many levels. Consider, during Trump's 16-day stay between Dec. 20, 2025 and Jan. 4, ...

President Trump wants the Navy to build him some battleships -- and name them after him, too. The first "Trump-class" battleship will be christened USS Defiant and cost $9 billion -- or more.

Everyone who's anyone in defense should profit off the new Trump-class battleships, but Huntington Ingalls and General Dynamics may make the most money of all. President Donald Trump is remaking the U ...

Render of future USS Defiant (BBG 1) (Graphic: U.S. Navy) President Trump and Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan, alongside Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, have announced their intent to construct a ...

In the designation BBG(X), BB means battleship, G means guided missile ship (i.e., a ship with a medium- or long-range air defense system), and (X) means the design of the ship has not yet been fully ...

Scott Singer, the three-term mayor of Boca Raton, formally announced his candidacy for Florida's 23rd Congressional District on Dec. 18, setting the stage for a high-stakes challenge to the Democratic ...