Ousted watchdog says he told top State aides about Pompeo probe
Steven Linick, the ousted State Department inspector general, told lawmakers that he was investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for allegations of misusing government resources and that he had...
View ArticleIran releases US Navy veteran Michael White
Iran has released U.S. Navy veteran Michael White, who had been detained for nearly two years, his family and officials confirmed Thursday. “I am blessed to announce that the nightmare is over, and my...
View ArticleDemocrats on House Armed Services panel 'dismayed and gravely...
Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee added to the chorus of calls for Defense Secretary Mark Esper to keep the military out of nationwide protests, telling the Pentagon chief on Thursday...
View ArticleEsper orders hundreds of active-duty troops outside DC sent home day after...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper is sending hundreds of active duty soldiers who had been on standby in the Washington, D.C., area back to their home base after reversing course on such a decision the day...
View ArticleOVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Murkowski, Mattis criticism ratchets up pressure on GOP...
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View ArticleDemocrats introduce bill to rein in Trump's power under Insurrection Act
Senate Democrats introduced legislation Thursday to limit presidential power under the Insurrection Act after President Trump warned that he could deploy active military troops into U.S. cities.The...
View ArticleMattis's Trump broadside underscores military tensions
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis’s stunning public criticism of President Trump is underscoring growing fears in the military that the president is compromising the integrity of the U.S. Armed...
View ArticleUS strikes Taliban for first time since Eid cease-fire
U.S. forces in Afghanistan conducted two airstrikes against the Taliban over the last day, a spokesman said Friday — the first U.S. strikes on the insurgents since a cease-fire that marked the Eid...
View ArticleTrump nominee to be Air Force chief of staff says he navigates 'two...
Gen. Charles Brown, commander of Pacific Air Forces and President Trump's nominee to be the next Air Force chief of staff, said in a video released Friday that he navigates "two worlds" as an African...
View ArticleTrump orders Pentagon to remove thousands of troops from Germany: report
President Trump has directed the Department of Defense to send 9,500 troops home from Germany, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, which would bring the total stationed there down to 25,000.A...
View ArticleEsper, Milley won't testify before House panel on military response to...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley have refused to testify before the House Armed Services Committee on the military’s role in responding to nationwide...
View ArticleEsper orders all active-duty troops outside DC home
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday ordered the remaining active-duty soldiers who had been on standby in the Washington, D.C., area back to their home bases after several days of peaceful protests...
View Article2 National Guardsmen injured by lightning striking Lafayette Square
Two members of the District of Columbia National Guard were injured during a lightning strike late Thursday at Lafayette Square near the White House, officials announced. National Guard troops have...
View ArticleOhio governor says National Guard member suspended over 'white...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) announced at a Friday news conference that a member of the state's National Guard has been removed from duty after the FBI found he made white supremacist remarks on social...
View ArticlePentagon: Guardsmen in DC will not use firearms amid peaceful protests
The Pentagon directed the nearly 5,000 National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., to not use firearms or ammunition amid demonstrations in the nation’s capital protesting the death of George Floyd, an...
View ArticleOVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Former defense leaders pile on Trump criticism | Esper...
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View ArticleVoices grow in condemnation of Trump's military response to protests
High-ranking current and former defense officials are piling on condemnations of President Trump’s handling of this week’s protests following the death of George Floyd.On Friday, 89 former military...
View ArticleDefense bill turns into proxy battle over Floyd protests
A fight is brewing over the annual defense policy bill as the Trump administration’s response to the protests against racial injustices roils the nation.The protests have led to Democratic calls to...
View ArticleNational Guard pilot grounded amid probe into helicopter flying over DC...
The Department of Defense said Friday it had grounded one of the National Guard helicopter pilots who performed low-flying maneuvers to disperse crowds of protesters in Washington, D.C., on Monday...
View ArticleMarines ban public displays of Confederate flag
The U.S. Marines announced Friday that they would be removing all public displays of the Confederate flag.The move comes after days of protests in cities across America following the death of George...
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