The Trump administration’s purge of dozens of senior officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development encountered resistance on Thursday when the career employee who carried out the original directive rescinded it, calling the purge an “illegal” violation of “due process.”
The fatal collision of an Army helicopter and a passenger jet, as well as two other recent incidents, illustrate the challenges pilots and air traffic controllers face in the complex, security-sensitive skies above Washington D.C.
About 1,000 service members have faced late pickups or deliveries of household goods under the initial phase-in of the Defense Department’s revamped system for relocations, defense officials said Thursday.
Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin.
A U.S. Air Force jet with migrants bound at their wrists and ankles departed Texas for Guatemala on Thursday, carrying 80 deportees in another deportation flight that reflects a growing role for the armed forces in helping enforce immigration laws.
On Jan. 8, at least one individual entered a storage warehouse at the Army Reserve Center in Tustin, Calif., ransacked storage lockers and cut a fence to access a military vehicle parking lot, according to the Tustin Police Department.
The Veterans Health Care Freedom Act would make it easier for veterans to obtain medical services from doctors in private practice by removing eligibility requirements for non-VA care. About 40% of veterans care is now provided outside the VA and demand is rising every year.
The victims of a crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter included teen figure skaters returning from a national meet with their mothers and coaches, an Ohio college student coming from her grandfather’s funeral and a group of hunters headed back from a guided trip in Kansas.
Army veteran Dan Driscoll, 38, promised to “always follow the law” after several senators raised concerns that the Army will be forced into domestic law enforcement roles. He also vowed to dedicate time, energy and resources to ensure the service is welcoming to women, saying he wants his daughter to “join an Army where the sky’s the limit.”
North Carolina officials charged with leading recovery efforts in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene — as well as parts of eastern North Carolina still struggling from previous hurricanes — told state lawmakers this week that they need more money. And they need it soon.
Officials have said the Defense Department doesn’t have any full-time workers assigned to DEI so they don’t expect to have to fire people, as other federal agencies have. But senior defense leaders have been poring over their websites to delete pages that mention diversity.
The Army’s 12th Aviation Battalion that includes the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly midair crash with a commercial jet over the Potomac River has been granted a 48-hour operational pause, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday.
NASA’s two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in.
U.S. government agencies and private contractors have used facilities at Guantánamo Bay to detain asylum seekers and refugees for several decades, rights groups say. In 1994 under President Bill Clinton, for instance, the facility’s migrant population totaled 45,000.
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, will encounter deeply skeptical questioning from Democratic senators Thursday about his loyalty to the president and stated desire to overhaul the bureau as he faces a high-stakes hearing that will help determine his path toward confirmation.
The White House received more than 7,400 requests for credentials one day after saying it would open press briefings to content creators, influencers and podcasters.
Environmental regulators and health officials in New Mexico are warning hunters that harmful chemicals known to cause cancer in people have been found at record levels in birds, small mammals and plants at a lake near Holloman Air Force Base.
A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinized the actions of the military pilot in the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two Senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump’s health secretary.