The Latest Breaking News from Lloyd Austin

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks "assumed the functions and duties" just before 5:00 pm (2200 GMT), Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said in a statement, adding that Austin was still receiving treatment and that the White House and Congress had been informed.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin temporarily transfers powers due to a bladder issue. The Pentagon clarifies that it is unrelated to his previous prostate ca...

The Sunday afternoon announcement came just weeks after Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December and hospitalized for a procedure.

Biden’s top military adviser is receiving treatment for an ‘emergent bladder issue’ and has transferred duties to deputy

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was taken to the hospital again on Sunday, a Pentagon spokesman said, this time "for symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue," weeks after previous stays he controversially kept secret.

Pentagon announces that US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized for a second time, this time for an emergent bladder issue.

Yemen's Houthis said Sunday US and British air strikes "will not deter us" and vowed a response after dozens of targets were hit in retaliation for the Iran-backed rebels' repeated Red Sea attacks.

Jake Sullivan says there will be more steps in American response to Jordan drone attack that killed three soldiers

The United States and Britain struck dozens of targets in Yemen on Saturday in response to repeated attacks on shipping by Iran-backed Huthi rebels that have disrupted global trade and put lives at risk.

President says ‘If you harm an American, we will respond’ as US forces strike in what is expected to be first of multiple attacks

US military struck more than 85 Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria after three US soldiers were killed on Sunday.