Tag: Armed forces
National Guard mission to provide security ending at Capitol
WASHINGTON — Nearly five months after being deployed to the U.S. Capitol to help quell the Jan. 6 insurrection, National Guard troops were set...
EXPLAINER: Much about US pullout from Afghanistan is unclear
WASHINGTON — When he pulled the plug on the American war in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said the reasons for staying, 10 years after...
Removal of Confederate names could affect hundreds of sites
WASHINGTON — The push to remove Confederate names from Pentagon properties, including storied Army posts, could eventually affect hundreds of items and facilities, the...
EXPLAINER: How did Hamas grow its arsenal to strike Israel?
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In this fourth war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers, the Islamic militant group has fired more than 4,000...
Colombia rebel group claims leader ‘Jesus Santrich’ slain
BOGOTA, Colombia — A rebel leader who abandoned the 2016 peace accord with Colombia’s government and had been at large for three years was...
Biden to award 1st Medal of Honor to retired Georgia colonel
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will award his first Medal of Honor this week to a retired colonel for acts of bravery during the...
Defense contractor’s Senate campaign donations investigated
HONOLULU — U.S authorities are investigating allegations that a Hawaii-based defense contractor illegally donated $150,000 to the reelection fund of a Maine senator who...
Attorney: US makes concessions to ease asylum restrictions
SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration has agreed to let about 250 people a day through border crossings with Mexico to seek refuge in...
Russia’s northernmost base projects its power across Arctic
NAGURSKOYE, Russia — During the Cold War, Russia's Nagurskoye airbase was little more than a runway, a weather station and a communications outpost in...
‘There was no going back’: Migrants send kids into US alone
LA JOYA, Texas — Marely had traveled for 13 days, trekking with her mother from Central America to the busiest corridor for illegal U.S.-Mexico...
