White House Releases 2026 US Counterterrorism Strategy — First of Trump's Second Term

The Trump administration released its first counterterrorism strategy document of the second term in May 2026, published on the White House website. The 2026 US Counterterrorism Strategy outlines the administration's approach to domestic and international terrorism threats, building on lessons from the post-9/11 era and incorporating the administration's priorities around border security, Islamist extremism, and the designation of cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. The strategy release comes amid the ongoing US-Iran conflict and heightened concern about blowback threats from Iranian-aligned proxies.