Days before President Donald Trump took office, incoming National Security Adviser Michael Flynn blocked a military plan against the Islamic State group that was opposed by Turkey, a country he had been paid more than $500,000 to advocate for.
Trump said on Monday that the search for a successor to Comey was "moving rapidly." He also has said he could name a candidate by the end of the week, before he departs Friday afternoon on his first overseas trip as president. The Senate must confirm whoever Trump nominates.
Rear Adm. Phillip Sawyer is currently the deputy commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, headquartered in Hawaii. His experience includes command of Pacific Fleet’s submarine forces, as well as an earlier command of the Yokosuka-based submarine Group 7.
Pollard was freed in 2015 after serving 30 years for giving secrets to Israel. He pleaded guilty in 1986. Prosecutors say he gave secrets to Israeli agents in 1984 and 1985 when he worked as an intelligence research specialist in the U.S. Navy.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell said Wednesday the equipment would help ensure officers are safe when responding to active shooter calls and terrorist attacks.
A Chicago man who was captured on video punching a female security guard is being held in lieu of $250,000 bond.
Though cleanup efforts have been underway for months, Umayyad mosque's walls remain riddled with bullet holes and pocked with shrapnel. Sandbags and 55-gallon drums filled with dirt mark where opposition fighters dug in against relentless government bombardment.
The Department of Justice raised concerns over the weekend that legislation designed to make it easier to dismiss poor-performing Department of Veterans Affairs employees could be unconstitutional, VA leadership testified Wednesday to Senate lawmakers.
The Justice Department has appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Two Senate committees have asked the FBI to turn over copies of any memos that former FBI Director James B. Comey wrote about his encounters with President Donald Trump.
Pfc. Kevin C. Williams was one of several soldiers honored earlier this week, when Gen. John Nicholson presented awards to members of the 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment involved in the attack on their convoy in Kabul.
The Defense Department says a 1985 graduate of the Air Force Academy will be the school's next leader.
Staff Sgt. Corwin “Mario” Burrowes, 24, died in a crash between a Humvee and tractor-trailer near Fort Bragg on May 11. He was a special operations combat medic assigned to the 1st Special Force’s 528th Sustainment Brigade
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