Icebreaker Or Border Wall? House Action Jeopardizes Coast Guard Ship Funding The Coast Guard commandant says he would press to get funding back for a new icebreaker.
Military Will Build Border Wall If Congress Won't Approve Funding, Trump Says President Donald Trump made the claim Tuesday as he faces a budget impasse with Congress.
Mattis Is Keeping US Troops On the Border Through Christmas and New Year's The border mission with no name will continue past Christmas and through the end of January, the DoD announced on Tuesday.
US to Cut the Number of Troops Along Border But Extend Deployment The Pentagon is likely to extend the deployment of border troops to Jan. 31.
Lethal Force Not Part of White House Authorization for Border Troops, Mattis Says Defense Secretary Jim Mattis weighed in on a late-night memo from White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.
Border Troops May Shift to California as Migrants Gather in Tijuana Some of the thousands of active-duty troops deployed to the border in Texas and Arizona are likely to shift to California.
Multi-Agency Drug Sweep Nets 49 Arrests, $500M in Cocaine: Coast Guard The Coast Guard seized 226 tons of cocaine last year and brought in 708 suspected drug smugglers.
Senators Urge Pentagon to Send Border Troops Home for Thanksgiving Two Democratic senators are calling on Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to send the troops back to their homes for the holiday.
Troops Sent to Border Could Start Pulling Back Before Christmas The troops deployed to the border to help stop migrants seeking to enter the U.S. could begin "downsizing" before Christmas.
Number of Troops at Border Has 'Peaked,' Defense Official Says The number of troops currently at the border to support the DHS is likely the highest it will get.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
