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December 05, 2019

Board finds border agents broke rules in shooting at cars

Four Border Patrol agents didn't follow department rules when they opened fire in two separate incidents along the U.S.

December 05, 2019

Sailor kills 2 civilians, self at Pearl Harbor shipyard

An active duty U.S. sailor whose submarine was docked at Pearl Harbor opened fire on three civilian employees Wednesday, ...

December 04, 2019

Wall builder who pitched to Trump on Fox wins $400M contract

Tommy Fisher’s ambitious plan to win a border wall contract included what could be the next best thing to making a pitch ...

December 03, 2019

Burkina Faso forces kill 20 militants after attacks

Burkina Faso’s armed forces says soldiers have killed at least 20 militants after gunmen launched simultaneous overnight ...

December 02, 2019

Trump administration quietly releases Lebanon military aid

The Trump administration has quietly released more than $100 million in military assistance to Lebanon after months of ...

November 30, 2019

Party like a spy: Spookstock is intel world’s hush-hush bash

Sometime earlier this year, one of the most elite social events in Washington took place, but without any fanfare or news ...

November 29, 2019

Japan’s ex-Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone dead at 101

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, a giant of his country’s post-World War II politics who pushed for a more ...

November 28, 2019

Fired Navy Secretary Spencer criticizes Trump in SEAL case

Richard Spencer, who was fired as Navy secretary for his handling of a SEAL war crimes case championed by President Donald ...

November 28, 2019

Navy cancels review for SEALs after firing of Navy secretary

The Navy on Wednesday canceled a peer-review process that would have determined if three Navy SEAL officers who supervised ...

November 27, 2019

Report: US lacked technology to track separated families

The U.S. government separated thousands of families despite knowing it lacked the technology to document and track their ...

November 26, 2019

‘Frogman against frogman’: Case against SEAL sparks debate

The war crimes case against a Navy SEAL not only cost the Navy secretary his job. It dragged an elite military force known ...

November 26, 2019

Trump’s actions raise concern about role in military justice

Defense Secretary Mark Esper declared that President Donald Trump ordered him to stop a disciplinary review of a Navy SEAL ...

November 26, 2019

3 former top Czech communist face misuse of power charges

Czech police are investigating three former Communist leaders who face charges of misuse of power. Police say the three are ...

November 26, 2019

In Virginia, Bloomberg blasts Trump for Navy leader’s ouster

New presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg traveled to the city that hosts the world’s largest Navy base on Monday and ...

November 26, 2019

Lebanon clashes threaten to crack open fault lines

Clashes between Lebanese protesters and supporters of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group are putting Lebanon’s military and ...

November 26, 2019

Esper says Trump ordered him to stop SEAL review board

Defense Secretary Mark Esper declared Monday that President Donald Trump ordered him to stop a disciplinary review of a Navy ...

November 25, 2019

Congo residents burn town hall after latest rebel attack

Angry residents of the eastern Congo city of Beni burned the town hall and stormed the United Nations peacekeeping mission ...

November 25, 2019

The Latest: Trump: I am backing ‘war fighters’ in SEAL case

The Latest on President Donald Trump and the case of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher (all times local): 2:50 p.m. President Donald ...