Defense

Homeland Security Offers Training to Combat Human Trafficking

Awareness effort for all agencies is part of governmentwide enforcement campaign.

Defense

Are the Oregon Occupiers Ready to Give Up Yet?

Ammon Bundy asked them to leave, but three members of the militia who left and were arrested Wednesday say the remnant intends to stay.

Defense

Obama Taps New General to Lead Afghan War

Lt. Gen. John Nicholson, an Army Ranger, will become the latest officer to lead the 14-year-old war.

Management

ISIS, Global Threats Boost U.S. Arms Exports

Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest defense contractor, reported strong export growth, and it’s not alone.

Defense

A Dramatic Turn in the Oregon Standoff: Eight Arrests and a Death

Militia leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy were taken into custody and spokesman LaVoy Finicum killed after an encounter with the FBI and state police.

Defense

Why Is the Undocumented-Immigrant Population Dropping?

The number of people living in the U.S. illegally has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, a new study finds, despite the campaign-trail rhetoric to the contrary.

Defense

Drones, Valor, and the Future of the Military

Traditional definitions of heroism don’t always account for the practitioners of advanced war-fighting tactics.

Defense

Old American Warplanes Still Frighten North Korea

The B-52 bomber might be more than 50 years old, but when it flies near the Korean peninsula, Kim Jong-un’s government pays attention.

Oversight

The Death of a Divisive Refugee Bill

Senate Democrats blocked a measure to beef up screening for Iraqi and Syrian refugees. But debate over the refugees is far from over.

Defense

Sarah Palin’s Logic: Her Son’s Arrest is the Obama Administration's Fault

Palin tried to connect her son's war experience with Obama's treatment of veterans.

Defense

Homeland Security Touts Progress in Tracking Visa Overstays

After vetting for terrorism, 99 percent of visitors are confirmed as having departed.

Defense

US to Convene 27-Nation Meeting on ISIS

It's a true working ministerial meeting as the U.S. defense secretary and other countries' top defense officials get caught up and look ahead.

Defense

Defense Looks For Laser-Armed Drones to Shoot Down Ballistic Missiles

The high-flying aircraft would be the unmanned successors to the Air Force’s missile-zapping jetliner.

Management

Big Trends in Federal Contracting for 2016

Cybersecurity, big data, industry consolidation and more.

Defense

What Led American Ships Into Iranian Waters?

The U.S. military has released more details of last week’s detainment of Navy vessels in foreign territory.

Defense

Defense Sends White House Plan to Close Guantanamo, Move Detainees to the United States

Hours after 10 percent of the remaining detainees leave Cuba, the defense secretary said he’s handed the president a plan for “Gitmo North.”

Management

Air Force to Delay A-10 Retirement

After trying to retire the battle-tested Warthog for the past two years, Air Force officials concede that the plane is key to the war on ISIS.

Defense

Obama Taunts Republican Claims About the Islamic State Threat

In speech, Obama says the militants "do not threaten our national existence."

Defense

Iran Releases 10 American Sailors and Their Boats

Iran freed them a day after they inadvertently crossed into Iranian territorial waters.

Defense

How Harry Truman Announced the Hydrogen Bomb in 1953

Here's how the U.S. president justified thermonuclear weapons—63 years before North Korea claimed to possess them.