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Black women’s group defends affirmative action at military academies

Lawsuits filed against West Point and the Naval Academy seek to end the use of race as a factor in admissions there.

By Irene Loewenson

5 months ago

Florida expands state defense force, establishes it as permanent unit

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill to expand the size and the budget of the Florida State Guard, a separate entity from the Florida National Guard.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld and Davis Winkie

11 months ago

Judge rejects Congress’ challenge of border wall funding

A federal judge on Monday denied a House request to prevent President Donald Trump from tapping Defense Department money for his proposed border wall with Mexico, saying Congress lacked authority to sue.

By Elliot Spagat, The Associated Press

5 years ago

Trump’s pardon of US soldier is an endorsement of war crimes, says ACLU

“This pardon is a presidential endorsement of a murder that violated the military’s own code of justice,” Hina Shamsi, the ACLU’s national security project director, said.

By Kyle Rempfer

5 years ago

First Air Force JAG officer to wear hijab featured in short NBC documentary

Capt. Maysaa Ouza, the first Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps officer to wear hijab, is featured in a new short documentary from NBC’s Left Field this week.

By Kent Miller

5 years ago

CIA considered potential truth serum for terror suspects

Shortly after 9/11, the CIA considered using a drug it thought might work like a truth serum and force terror suspects to give up information about potential attacks.

5 years ago

US citizen held 13 months for suspected ties to ISIS is freed

The U.S. has released a dual American-Saudi citizen who was suspected of working with the Islamic State and detained by the U.S. military for more than a year without charge, the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday.

6 years ago

US relationship with international court crashes under Trump

America’s long-running reluctant relationship with the International Criminal Court came to a crashing halt on Monday as decades of U.S. suspicions about the tribunal and its global jurisdiction spilled into open hostility, amid threats of sanctions if it investigates U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

6 years ago

Judge sets deadline for Army specialist’s citizenship ruling

Immigration officials have three weeks to decide whether to approve the citizenship application of a South Korean-born U.S. Army specialist who is suing after the military discharged her, a judge ruled Tuesday.

6 years ago

Specialist facing US Army discharge sues for citizenship

A U.S. Army specialist born in South Korea has sued to demand a response to her American citizenship application after the military moved to discharge her.

6 years ago

US must give advance notice before transferring American accused of fighting with ISIS

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the U.S. government to give 72 hours advance notice before transferring an American citizen accused of fighting with the Islamic State to another country.

6 years ago

Judge: American accused of fighting for ISIS must get lawyer

A federal judge ruled Saturday that the U.S. military must provide legal counsel to an American citizen who was picked up months ago on the Syrian battlefield and accused of fighting with Islamic State militants.

6 years ago