Nearly a mile above Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California, a hacked drone soared through restricted airspace for roughly an hour.

A CIA analyst charged with leaking top secret details ahead of a planned Israeli attack on Iran earlier this year will remain jailed pending trial, a judge ordered Wednesday.

Nearly 100 military children and their families participated in USAA’s first Heroes Huddle on Wednesday morning at Prince George Sports Complex, Landover, Md., with former NFL player Robert Griffin III as a special guest.

Aside from its restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors, the legislation garnered widespread support for giving E-1 to E-4 troops a 14.5% pay raise and all other troops a 4.5% pay bump. The bill now moves to the Senate, where it is also expected to pass.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Defense Department, said he had a “wonderful conversation” with Maine Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday as he pushed to win enough votes for confirmation. He said he will not back down after allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct.

More than 192,000 disabled veterans applied to the Veterans Readiness and Employment Program in 2024, up from 131,000 in 2023. In 2025, officials project another 15% increase in applicants.

The large mysterious drones reported flying over parts of New Jersey in recent weeks appear to avoid detection by traditional methods such as helicopter and radio, according to a state lawmaker briefed Wednesday by the Department of Homeland Security.

After two days of testimony in Houston, Judge Christopher Lopez on Tuesday expressed concern over what he declared a lack of transparency surrounding the auction of Alex Jones’ assets. That means Jones will hold onto Infowars, foiling, at least for now, The Onion’s plans to relaunch it.

Since its launch, the women’s health research initiative has attracted nearly $1 billion in federal funding, including from the Defense Department and National Institutes of Health.

Part of the Lincoln Memorial’s vast “undercroft,” which for more than 100 years has been its dark basement, is now halfway through a multimillion-dollar project designed to transform it into a more welcoming space.

FBI Director Christopher Wray told bureau workers Wednesday that he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January “after weeks of careful thought,” roughly three years short of the completion of a 10-year term.

Between 12 and 30 drones were spotted following a Coast Guard lifeboat off the Jersey Shore Sunday night, according to U.S. Rep. Chris Smith. Smith also said an Ocean County Sheriff’s officer saw 50 drones moving over land from the ocean at Island Beach State Park over the weekend.

Donald Trump doesn’t think much of Joe Biden’s foreign policy record. The Republican president-elect frequently casts the outgoing Democratic president as a feckless leader who shredded American credibility around the world during his four-year term.

The newest John Lewis-class replenishment oiler, the USNS Robert F. Kennedy, was delivered on Tuesday in San Diego, Naval Sea Systems Command said in a news release.

After the Supreme Court rejected affirmative action in college admissions practices, Students for Fair Admissions has challenged the exception for military academies.

The International Council of Air Shows announced Tuesday that U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command’s F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team and the U.S. Marines F-35B Lightning II Demonstration Team are coming to the next National Cherry Festival.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East this week on his 12th visit since the Israel-Hamas war erupted last year but his first since the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad that has sparked new fears of instability in the region now wracked by three conflicts despite a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon.

President Joe Biden has approved a new national security memorandum ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House that could serve as a road map for the incoming administration as it looks to counter growing cooperation among China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, the White House said Wednesday.

A foundation suing to have a Confederate officer’s name reinstated to the Army’s Ranger Hall of Fame and memorial at Fort Moore, Ga., will get the chance to make their case to a federal judge on Thursday.