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The incident comes as Senate lawmakers remain sharply divided over how to proceed with fully funding DHS as the agency's shutdown neared the 30-day mark.

A Russian FPV drone was destroyed after an encounter with a weird new Ukrainian weapon. Is this a high-powered laser or something else entirely?

Staff Sergeant 81 faces a deadly alien machine during a brutal Ranger training mission as Earth comes under attack from mysterious extraterrestrial pods. Read more.

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The plot of War Machine revolves around a group of soldiers, who are enrolled in one of the toughest military training courses. The movie opens with the soldiers gearing up for the last test of the ...

"Don't trust your team. They're lying to you." Electric Ent. has unveiled the official trailer for a sci-fi indie film titled The Bunker, finally getting released this year. The Bunker has been in the ...

Known as the R-36Orb inside the military, the weapon was designed by Soviet military to bypass American defenses.

Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Donald Trump is delivering his State of the Union address, amid sagging poll numbers, a recent Supreme Court ...

The confusion began as Avatar exited suddenly, leaving the room buzzing with uncertainty. Was this an interlude? A theatrical stunt? The murmurs of “safety issue” spreading through the crowd suggested ...

For nearly five decades, Steven Spielberg has helped define what alien stories mean to movie audiences. Sometimes they arrive as cosmic miracles. Sometimes as existential threats. Sometimes as ...

Hailee Steinfeld and her “Sinners” co-star Michael B. Jordan shared the kind of on-set conversations you can only have while making a horror movie. While filming, one of their frequent debates was ...