New details about the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman accused of leaking a trove of classified documents online reveal how multiple red flags went unheeded and weren't enough to prevent the Pentagon from granting him a top-secret security clearance.
It's been two weeks since 21-year-old Jack Teixeira was arrested in shorts in front of his mother's house, accused of leaking a trove of classified documents over a period of months to a closed online community on Discord, a social media platform popular with video gamers.
The US Army renamed Virginia's Fort Lee military base Thursday in honor of two Black service members, following a branch-wide push to rename bases named after Confederate leaders.
As the crisis in Sudan continues to unfold, there is mounting anger among Americans who feel abandoned by the US government and left to navigate the complicated and dangerous situation on their own.
A federal appeals court has upheld several provisions of a restrictive election law in Florida that was passed by the GOP-controlled legislature in 2021.
The suspect in the US classified documents leak was back in court Thursday for a detention hearing. Jack Teixeira, 21, was charged for posting documents that detailed confidential intelligence assessments. Follow here for live news updates.
E. Jean Carroll returned to the stand on Thursday in her civil battery and defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, with the columnist telling the jury about her experience with him in a New York department store in the face of cross-examination from Trump's attorney.
Republican Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia announced his Senate candidacy on Thursday, setting up a potential challenge to Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, among the most vulnerable incumbents in 2024.
The Biden administration is bracing for a surge of migrants at the US-Mexico border when a Covid-era border restriction lifts next month, putting an issue that's been a political vulnerability for President Joe Biden at the forefront just weeks off his 2024 campaign announcement.
The US is imposing new sanctions on groups in Russia and Iran accused of taking Americans hostage as it works to prevent more captive-taking and potentially secure the release of citizens currently being detained.
While Russia has suffered thousands of losses in its war against Ukraine, a senior US military commander in Europe told lawmakers Wednesday that they have plenty more firepower left in their arsenal.
Prosecutors are arguing that the Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of classified documents to social media should remain in jail during the course of his legal case, in part, because he has a history of violent threats and possessed an "arsenal of weapons."
Former President Donald Trump once backed raising the retirement age to 70 and called for privatizing Social Security which he called a "Ponzi scheme" -- two positions he has hammered Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for supporting as a former member of Congress and congressional candidate.
Former President Donald Trump has lost an emergency attempt to block former Vice President Mike Pence from testifying about their direct conversations, in the latest boost to a federal criminal investigation examining Trump's and others' actions after the 2020 election.
The Air Force suspended two leaders of suspected classified document leaker Jack Teixeira's unit, it said in a statement Wednesday, one week after the unit stopped performing its intelligence mission amid an investigation into the leaks.
The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a complaint challenging a recently enacted Tennessee bill that prohibits gender-affirming care for minors, saying it "denies necessary medical care to youth based solely on who they are."
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday spoke out against antisemitism and hate, pointing to his family history in the hope it would stand as an example for others.
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