Senator ‘alarmed’ about barracks privatization, seeks answers from DOD
Given the Defense Department's history with family housing privatization, the Pentagon should "move cautiously," one senator said.
By Karen Jowers
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VA to ease authorization rules for some outside care, raising concerns
Officials will extend authorizations for care handled outside the VA system for 30 different medical specialties, a move they say will ease red tape.
McCain on his time as POW: ‘I fell in love with my country’
On Oct. 26, 1967, a missile the size of a telephone pole blew the wing off of John McCain’s Skyhawk dive bomber.
Captivity, candor and hard votes: 9 moments that made McCain
John McCain lived most of his life in the public eye, surviving war, torture, scandal, political stardom and failure, the enmity of some colleagues and the election of President Donald Trump.
John McCain — war hero, political giant — dies at 81
John McCain, the onetime Navy pilot and longtime lawmaker, was among the best known veterans in America, and has arguably been the most influential and consistent military advocate for the Republican Party over the last three decades.
Army honors McCain in opening new modernization headquarters in Texas
"None of this would be happening without someone who's not here today," the Army's top officer said.
‘Top Gun’ sequel filming on Norfolk-based carrier, Navy says
The U.S. Navy says a sequel to the 1986 blockbuster “Top Gun” is filming this week aboard a Norfolk-based aircraft carrier.
Trump signs bill named for Sen. John McCain, doesn’t mention him
No words or thanks for the senator and former POW, who is battling brain cancer.
By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press
Senators privately reassure European allies on NATO support
A bipartisan group of senators used a private meeting Wednesday to reassure diplomats from NATO and other European nations of the Senate’s support for the alliance.
Trump considers yanking security clearances of his critics
President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of six former top national security officials who have been critical of his administration, a move that opponents and experts say would be an unprecedented politicization of the clearance process.
By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press
Defense bill would curb Cabinet control of nuclear agency
The agency that supervises the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile would essentially lose direct Cabinet oversight under legislation that Congress is negotiating.
Trump questions US intel, not Putin, on Russia 2016 meddling
Standing next to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump openly questioned his own intelligence agencies' conclusions that Moscow was to blame for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election to Trump’s benefit and seemed to accept Putin’s insistence that Russia’s hands were clean.
By Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press and Jill Colvin, The Associated Press