The United States is considering a major escalation of its military posture in the Middle East as President Donald Trump weighs deploying a second aircraft carrier toward Iranian waters. Reports ...

The Pentagon plans to send the second aircraft carrier strike group of the U.S. Navy to the Middle East. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to three unnamed American officials.

Officials have indicated that the USS George Washington, currently in Asia, and the USS George H.W. Bush, on the East Coast, are the most probable candidates ...