Defense

Freedom for Chelsea Manning

She spent seven years of a 35-year prison sentence at the Fort Leavenworth military facility in Kansas.

Defense

Trump Would Meet Kim Jong Un 'Under Right Circumstances'

The president’s remarks to Bloomberg News raise questions about his North Korea policy.

Oversight

Lawmakers Reach a Bipartisan Deal to Avert a Government Shutdown

Plan must be approved by May 5 to avoid a lapse in appropriations.

Defense

'There Is a Chance That We Could End Up Having a Major, Major Conflict With North Korea'

President Trump, in an interview with Reuters, also said while he would “love to solve things diplomatically … it’s very difficult.”

Defense

The Trump Administration Appears to Embrace Regime Change in Syria

In an about-face, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said of Bashar al-Assad: “It would seem there would be no role for him to govern the Syrian people.”

Management

Trump, Citing Column, Says NSA, FBI 'Should Not Interfere in our Politics'

The president, just like his predecessors, believes the leaking of classified information is illegal.

Defense

Flynn's Calls With Russia's Ambassador: Who Knew What, and When?

A timeline of the events that led to the national-security adviser’s resignation

Defense

What Trump's Executive Order on Immigration Does—and Doesn't Do

The order has caused chaos; White House statements haven’t clarified what’s going on.

Management

Trump Says He’ll Seek ‘Major Investigation Into Voter Fraud’

Trump’s claims of electoral fraud aren’t new. He made them repeatedly as a candidate when it appeared that Hillary Clinton would win the election

Tech

Questions for the Senate Hearing on Russian Hacking

Did Moscow influence the U.S. election? Who else has been hacked? Could the CIA be wrong?

Management

Trump Picks Governor Nikki Haley to Be U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.

Haley would be be Trump’s first female pick for his Cabinet.

Oversight

Donald Trump's Denial of His Reported Remarks on the Balkans

A Serbian news magazine said the GOP presidential nominee called the U.S.-led intervention “a mistake,” but his campaign said the story was a hoax.

Defense

14 Days in Solitary for Chelsea Manning

Prison officials in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, found her guilty of attempted suicide and possessing a book deemed prohibited.

Defense

The FBI's Impersonation of an AP Editor

The Justice Department’s inspector general said no rules were violated when an agent pretended to be a journalist.

Defense

The End of Chelsea Manning's Hunger Strike

The Army has agreed to allow the soldier who leaked classified information to WikiLeaks to undergo gender-transition surgery.

Defense

Will the U.S. Extradite Fethullah Gulen?

Turkey has formally requested the transfer of the Pennsylvania-based cleric accused of masterminding last month’s coup, the State Department says.

Defense

Meeting Refugee Goals

The U.S. is more than halfway toward meeting its target of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the fiscal year. The number represents about 0.2 percent of the 4.8 million Syrian refugees worldwide.

Tech

Chelsea Manning's Suicide Attempt

Her legal team has confirmed that the U.S. Army whistle-blower tried to kill herself last week. Manning tweeted that she is OK.