Terrorists granted paid accounts, blue checks on X: Report
Some U.S.-sanctioned groups associated with terrorist organizations were able to make money from the app, according to the Tech Transparency Project.
By Riley Ceder
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Buddy Check Week to stem veteran suicides starts today
Veterans Affairs officials are asking vets to reach out to 10 friends to ensure they're getting the help and support they need.
Trump transfers background investigation power to Pentagon
The Department of Defense will now formally take over background investigations for the entire federal government..
By Jessie Bur
Report: Pentagon will send green-card recruits to boot camp, halting a Trump policy from last year
The military services will start sending their backlogs of green-card holders to recruit training after a preliminary injunction issued in federal court.
By Kyle Rempfer
Texas church shooting lawsuits against Air Force combined
All federal lawsuits against the U.S. Air Force over a Texas church shooting last year that left more than two dozen worshippers dead will be consolidated into one case, a judge says.
US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits
Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned.
This is why the Pentagon is taking over security clearance checks
The Defense Department is poised to take over background investigations for the federal government, using increased automation and high-tech analysis to tighten controls and tackle an enormous backlog of workers waiting for security clearances, according to U.S. officials.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Report: VA missed background checks for thousands of employees
The report says more than 6,000 workers over five years had mandatory background checks delayed or skipped entirely because of mistakes by VA officials.
Army veteran killed self with gun previously seized, sold by police
After a 24-year-old Army veteran killed himself in 2014 using a gun previously confiscated by the Washington State Patrol, his mother told a police detective her son had spent time in a military prison, so he wasn’t supposed to have a weapon.
Cities sue Defense Department over gun-check system failures
Three large U.S. cities filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of Defense, arguing that many service members who are disqualified from gun ownership weren’t reported to the national background check system.
Fact-checking Trump's tweet on the US nuclear arsenal
Amid nuclear tensions with North Korea, the president boasted America's nuclear arsenal is “far stronger and more powerful than ever before.” But is it?
By Joe Gould