All of the U.S. military services have now begun disciplinary actions and discharges for troops who have refused to get the mandated coronavirus vaccine, officials said, with as many as 20,000 unvaccinated forces at risk of being removed from service. On Thursday, the Marine Corps said it has discharged 103 …
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The Department of Homeland Security issued a terror threat bulletin Wednesday, warning that al Qaeda- and ISIS-linked terrorists are ramping up online activity to try to inspire attacks on the U.S. homeland, after the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan. “Following the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks and the U.S. withdrawal …
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Officials in Georgia’s most populous county, where election operations are already under review by the state, have fired two workers accused of shredding paper voter registration applications, according to a county statement released Monday. Preliminary information indicates that the employees checked out batches of applications for processing, and they are …
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Washington — The Senate is preparing to take up a short-term government funding bill that keeps federal agencies operating through December 3, but does not address the looming deadline to raise the debt ceiling to avoid default. Update: Schumer announces agreement to prevent government shutdown Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer …
Read More »Secretary of State Antony Blinken is traveling to Doha, Qatar on Sunday to meet with Qatari leaders and express gratitude for their help with the U.S. evacuation efforts from Afghanistan. From there he’ll go to Ramstein Air Base in Germany to meet with his German counterpart and Afghans awaiting processing, …
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An active-duty Marine commander was relieved of his duties Friday for a video post he made criticizing senior leadership in the wake of the Kabul attack that killed 13 U.S. service members. Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller posted a video to Facebook Thursday in which he asked senior civilian and military …
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Washington — A man who claimed to have explosives in his pickup truck parked near the U.S. Capitol has surrendered to law enforcement, bringing an end to a five-hour-long standoff with police on Thursday that prompted the evacuation of several buildings in the area. U.S. Capitol Police said in a …
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