What U.S. Forces Face as Venezuela Puts Russian-Armed Military on Wartime Alert The 10,000 U.S. troops now operating in the Caribbean were sent to interdict drug boats. But Venezuelan President Nicolás...
Government Shutdown Leaves Arkansas Widow Struggling to Bury Her Veteran Husband As the federal government shutdown stretches into its ninth day and counting, its ripple effect is being felt across the...
Firings of Federal Workers Begin as White House Seeks to Pressure Democrats in Government Shutdown Employees at the departments of Education, Treasury, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, as well as the...
Troops Will Miss Paychecks Next Week Without Action on the Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families, because those in uniform...
Senators Struggle to Find a Way Forward as Government Shutdown Enters 9th Day The consequences of a government shutdown setting in, senators labored Thursday to find a way forward but found themselves...
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.
Senate Vote Tests Trump's Authority to Strike Vessels He Says Are Carrying Drugs The Senate is voting on legislation to put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against...
Sports Resume at Schools for Military Families After a Disruption Caused by the Government Shutdown Extracurricular activities have resumed at schools for military families after a pause tied to the federal government...
Trump Administration Threatens No Back Pay for Federal Workers in Shutdown President Donald Trump’s administration is warning of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a shutdown.
Republicans and Democrats at an Impasse as Government Shutdown Enters Sixth Day Republican and Democratic lawmakers have provided few public signs of meaningful negotiations to break an impasse on...
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...
