The coronavirus pandemic and inadequate training contributed to the amphibious assault vehicle accident off the southern California coast last July that killed eight Marines and one Sailor, the military found following the conclusion of investigations by the Navy and the Marine Corps.
Allies of former President Donald Trump testified under oath that they did little to check out some of the uncorroborated claims they made about 2020 election fraud before amplifying them on the national stage, according to newly available court records reviewed by CNN.
The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol is preparing for the eventuality that some of former President Donald Trump's allies will refuse to comply with subpoenas as part of the inquiry.
The CIA announced a number of structural changes on Thursday, including a new mission center for China, the result of a months-long review and a reflection of the intelligence community's view of China as the greatest long-term threat to the United States.
The clock is ticking down on the time President Joe Biden has to appoint a permanent head to the US Food and Drug Administration -- an agency critical to fighting the coronavirus pandemic -- with no outward signs he has a candidate in mind.
The US and China have reached an agreement in principle for President Joe Biden to hold a virtual meeting with his counterpart Xi Jinping before the end of the year, a senior administration official said Wednesday.
The US Department of Education announced major changes Wednesday to a federal student loan forgiveness program that the agency says could bring relief to thousands of borrowers working in government and nonprofit sectors.
The House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol interviewed Trump-era Department of Justice official Richard Donoghue last week, a source familiar with the committee's work confirmed to CNN.
The Senate is slated to take a procedural vote Wednesday on whether to advance a House-passed bill to suspend the nation's debt limit until December 2022, but Republicans are expected to block the measure.
In a reversal from the Trump administration, the State Department revealed the number of nuclear weapons in the US stockpile for the first time in four years on Tuesday.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday is set to ramp up the pressure on Republicans as the nation's nears the deadline to raise the debt ceiling on Wednesday, as he looks to argue the GOP is putting the country at risk of a possible debt default by standing firm against raising the nation's debt limit.
The Transportation Security Administration will impose new cybersecurity mandates on the railroad and airline industries, including reporting requirements as part of a department effort to force compliance in the wake of high-profile cyberattacks on critical industries, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Wednesday.
NATO has expelled eight members of the Russian mission to the alliance who they determined were "undeclared Russian intelligence officers," according to a NATO official.
Everyone seems to agree the US debt ceiling should be raised to pay for tax cuts and spending the government has already approved -- and to avoid the economic calamity that would likely result from a US default.
Following congressional testimony from whistleblower Frances Haugen, in a Facebook post Tuesday night the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, pushed back against Haugen's allegations that the tech giant is hiding research about its shortcomings from investors and the public.
More than 20 years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Supreme Court seemed receptive Wednesday to claims from the Biden administration that it can shield information pertaining to the detention of Abu Zubaydah, a former associate of Osama Bin Laden who was subject to enhanced interrogation techniques in a CIA detention center abroad and is currently held at Guantanamo Bay.
Secretary of State Tony Blinken met with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and French President Emmanuel Macon in Paris Tuesday amid tensions between the two countries.
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