Airman’s cocaine bust conviction overturned on workout powder appeal
A judge decided government prosecutors did not adequately consider the airman's defense that the flagged substance could've been tainted pre-workout power.
By Hope Hodge Seck
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Navy seeks to expand Guam housing to support troop buildup
The service expects military personnel on Guam to grow from 17,000 active-duty members in fiscal 2024 to almost 24,000 personnel in fiscal 2033.
By Riley Ceder
US lawmakers put war budget in the crosshairs
One House Democrat called the Pentagon's war budget a "slush fund" ahead of a House vote to eliminate it.
By Joe Gould
Joint special operations leader to be US commander in Afghanistan
U.S. officials say a career special operations soldier has been chosen as the next commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Trump tells Kim Jong Un to denuclearize or risk overthrow
President Donald Trump laid out a stark choice for North Korea’s Kim Jong Un ahead of their planned summit next month: Abandon nuclear weapons and be rewarded with “protections,” or risk being overthrown and possible death if the arsenal remains.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
Sweeping veterans policy bill passed overwhelmingly in the House
The VA Mission Act, expected to be taken up quickly in the Senate, includes new community care rules, a caregiver stipend expansion and more.
Broad new war authorization roils US lawmakers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said he wants to reach consensus on his expansive new war authorization before putting it to a vote, but that consensus seemed far away Wednesday.
By Joe Gould
Analysis: Ahead of summit, North Korea lobs barbs at Bolton
North Korea has a message for U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of next month’s summit: Don’t listen to your new hard-line national security adviser, John Bolton.
The time the Corps wore shoulder unit patches
The Corps actually has a short history of unit shoulder patches that starts in World War I with the beloved 13th commandant of the Marine Corps.
By Shawn Snow
Comments mocking John McCain spur demands for White House apology
A White House staffer allegedly said the Arizona Republican's views on a controversial nominee aren't important because "he’s dying anyway."
Sen. Kaine says he’s a ‘no’ vote against CIA nominee
Sen. Tim Kaine says he won't support acting CIA director Gina Haspel’s nomination to lead the agency due to her past links to enhanced interrogation techniques, called torture by critics.
By Joe Gould