Newport News Shipbuilding has notified the Navy and Department of Justice that welding done on some submarines and aircraft carriers at its shipyard was defective, according to a report by USNI News.
A recent decision by the Department of Veterans Affairs to reduce non-VA medical appointments at regional medical centers in three states came under harsh questioning Thursday from House lawmakers.
Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday filed, under seal, a legal brief that prosecutors have said would contain sensitive and new evidence in the case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 election he lost.
The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on affirmative action left open whether America’s service academies have “potentially distinct interests” that should allow them to continue considering race and ethnicity.
A strange moment in American politics paid a visit to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, brought there by a top Haitian official.
Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned that the enormous system could create a “nightmare” storm surge and bring dangerous winds and rain across much of the southeastern U.S.
Americans have voted from far-flung corners of the Earth — and a few who have cast out-of-this-world ballots, literally.
People can again order four COVID tests per household. The move comes ahead of an expected winter coronavirus wave.
The Biden administration’s latest infusion of more than $2.7 billion in military aid for Ukraine and the promise of billions more will give Kyiv a massive boost in air defenses, but much of the aid is in long-range contracts for weapons that won’t be seen on the battlefield for some time.
Speakers were sharply critical of the Biden administration, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris as well as the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, for their support for Israel.
With American support for Ukraine at a partisan crossroads, Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday slammed suggestions that Kyiv should cede territory for the sake of peace with Moscow as “dangerous and unacceptable.”
Members of a bipartisan House task force investigating the Trump assassination attempts emphasized during their first hearing Thursday that the Secret Service, not local authorities, was responsible for the failures allowing the shooting of former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has closed dozens of clinics in Florida through Friday and is taking steps to ensure hospital patients are safe ahead of Hurricane Helene, which is forecasted to make landfall Thursday night along the state’s Gulf Coast.
The head of the Palestinian Authority denounced Israel and its offensive in the Gaza Strip in front of world leaders Thursday, appealing to other nations to stop what he called a “genocidal war” against a place and people he said had been totally destroyed.
Changes in Russia’s nuclear doctrine that were announced by President Vladimir Putin are intended to discourage Ukraine’s Western allies from supporting attacks on Russia, the Kremlin said Thursday.
The person on the call looked and sounded like the the ex-Ukrainian foreign minister but asked odd questions.
Brunk Auctions in North Carolina is selling a copy of the U.S. Constitution that’s dated 1787 and was found in a filing cabinet.
The U.S. economy bounced back from the pandemic in stronger shape than previously estimated, spurred mainly by bigger consumer-fueled growth, according to revised government data.