VA hospitals pay for AI weapons scanners testers say are error-prone
VA continues to award contracts for pricey, "high-tech" weapons detection systems that the FTC and security specialists argue don't perform as advertised.
By Aliya Sternstein
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US offers military funeral honors to Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt
Babbitt was shot dead while attempting to climb through the broken window of a barricaded door leading to the Speaker’s Lobby inside the Capitol.
No charges for police officer in Capitol riot shooting death of Air Force veteran
Authorities had considered for months whether criminal charges were appropriate for the Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from San Diego.
Probe faults DC National Guard use of helicopter during June protests
The long-overdue report was triggered by widespread objections after one D.C. Guard helicopter hovered low enough over protesters to create a deafening noise and spray protesters with rotor wash.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Pence pleaded with acting defense secretary to ‘clear the Capitol,’ timeline of riot shows
With Trump not engaged, it fell to Pentagon officials, a handful of senior White House aides, the leaders of Congress and the vice president holed up in a secure bunker to manage the chaos.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Partisan politics has no place in today’s (or tomorrow’s) military
The emerging partisanship of the armed forces needs to be corrected before it's too late, says the author of this commentary.
By Jacob Richardson
Guard deploys immediate reaction force at Capitol after officer, suspect, killed in attack on police there
About 2,300 National Guard members are currently deployed to the region on security missions.
Civilian employee who allegedly advocated for ‘civil war’ banned from Air Force base
Air Force Materiel Command has barred an unnamed civilian employee from one of its bases after it said the man, allegedly a member of the far-right Proud Boys, threatened violence against the government.
Pelosi picks DC National Guard chief to lead security in US House
Maj. Gen. William Walker, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, was tapped Friday to become the House’s first African American sergeant-at-arms as Congress sorts through the grave security failings revealed by the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Retired Green Beret, a recent CIA contractor, denied bond after allegedly taking part in Capitol riot
“He has deployed overseas as recently as 2018 as a contractor working for the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of State," prosecutors said.
By Kyle Rempfer