The Trump administration is preparing to use private military contractors to protect oil and energy assets in Venezuela rather than deploying US troops, according to two sources familiar with the plans,

June 14, 2025: Currently, dozens of mercenaries, also known as Private Military Contractors or PMCs, are operating around the world, most of them in Africa. These include Angola, Sierra Leone, Congo, Liberia, Sudan, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Guinea ...

On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Hencely v. Fluor Corporation, a case that asks whether private military contractors can be held liable in state court for negligence and other violations of law, or whether they are immune from lawsuits ...

But those who thought contractors were going away under President Obama's administration couldn't be more wrong. According to the Department of Defense, there are some 68,000 contractors in Afghanistan today and more than 132,