Lance Cpl. Avery Wayne Leverette, 21, of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion at Camp Hansen, died in the five-vehicle crash, III MEF spokesman Capt. Pawel Puczko announced in a news release Thursday.
On one of his last trips to Asia as Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin expressed regret that China chose not to meet with Southeast Asian defense ministers this week in Laos. At the same press conference, he also talked briefly in praise of women’s contributions in the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The FBI says Wednesday that Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs, Florida, has been charged with attempt to use an explosive device to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce.
Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard” at the center of the U.S. Navy’s worst-ever bribery and corruption scandal, will appeal the 15-year prison sentence imposed earlier this month. In a related case, a retired Navy captain who pleaded guilty to taking bribes from Francis and recently spent two years in prison filed a motion indicating he will seek to have his felony conviction reduced to a misdemeanor.
Sixteen GOP senators urged swift passage of a bill to require quarterly budget briefings from the Department of Veterans Affairs after the agency secured emergency funds from Congress for incorrectly claiming a multibillion-dollar shortfall threatened veterans benefits.
The Senate on Wednesday rejected attempts by Sen. Bernie Sanders Wednesday to block sales of offensive weapons to Israel for its war in Gaza over mounting civilian deaths there. The first attempt to block the sales was rejected overwhelmingly, and two more efforts also went down to defeat.
An 82nd Airborne Division soldier was arrested and charged at Fort Liberty, N.C., for a killing that he is accused of committing in Indiana two years ago before he joined the Army, military and state law enforcement officials said.
Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted Wednesday against releasing a report on their long-running investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general. The outcome, however, is only a temporary reprieve for Gaetz, who faces allegations of sexual misconduct, as he works to personally secure his embattled nomination to be the nation’s top law enforcement official.
A Fort Cavazos soldier was sentenced Wednesday to six months confinement and a discharge after pleading guilty to possession of child sex materials and setting fire to a trash can in the barracks during a night of heavy drinking.
The Trump transition team has so far not signed the requisite agreements with the White House or the Justice Department to allow the FBI to screen his personnel choices, both for the process of obtaining security clearances and meeting the Senate’s usual standards for nominations.
Stricter controls are needed to secure the online personal information that the Department of Veterans Affairs collects and maintains on millions of veterans enrolled in its health care services and who receive benefits, according to a new report from the agency’s inspector general.
As prosecutors push to preserve President-elect Donald Trump’s historic hush money conviction, his lawyers urged a judge Wednesday to ignore them and scrap the case before he takes office in January.
Texas is offering a parcel of rural ranchland along the U.S.-Mexico border to use as a staging area for potential mass deportations under President-elect Donald Trump.
The Czech Defense Ministry said on Wednesday it plans to buy 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks from Germany in a $167 million deal that’s part of a major modernization of the country’s military amid Russia’s war against Ukraine.
The United States on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the war in Gaza because it was not linked to an immediate release of hostages taken captive by Hamas militants in Israel in October 2023.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Guyana is the first visit by an Indian leader in more than 50 years to the South American country with diaspora ties. Modi arrived with promises to help the region’s development, but he also noted Guyana’s growing importance as an oil-producing nation.
The choice of Whitaker as the nation’s representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an unusual one, given his background is as a lawyer and not in foreign policy.
Donald Trump has vowed to repeal Joe Biden’s signature artificial intelligence policy when he returns to the White House. What that actually means for the future of AI technology remains to be seen. Among those who could use some clarity are the government AI experts from multiple countries gathering in San Francisco this week to deliberate on AI safety measures.
A major storm swept across the U.S. Northwest battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages, closing schools and downing trees that killed at least two people.