On a recent Saturday, a 500-pound statue of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower was lowered into place before a scene from D-Day carved in limestone. The memorial is scheduled to be dedicated on May 8, the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.

President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Sunday previewed their impeachment defense with the questionable assertion that the charges against him are invalid, adopting a position rejected by Democrats as “nonsense.”

Dean is an obvious candidate for revival with his embodiment-of-Hollywood image and the brevity of his life and career — he died at 24 and made just three films: "East of Eden," "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Giant."

On the eve of the day set aside to honor an African American who strove against hate and preached racial and social justice, some worry the nation is becoming more divided.

The Air Force’s top military officer has sent Boeing Co.’s new CEO a blunt reminder that the ill-fated 737 Max passenger jet isn’t the only troubled project he has to rescue. There’s also the company’s failure to provide a combat-ready KC-46 refueling tanker.

The officers were responding to a call from a woman who said she needed help and found her with a stab wound to her leg, police said Sunday. The suspect opened fire as police arrived.Moments after the shooting, the house was set on fire, possibly by the suspect.

Congress is being stonewalled by intelligence agency officials who refuse to testify in public for fear of drawing President Donald Trump’s ire, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said.

Rear Adm. Peter Brown, President Donald Trump’s third homeland security and counterterrorism adviser, is being moved out of his role after about six months, said four people familiar with the issue.

Illegal border crossings plummeted after the Trump administration made more asylum seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. court. Critics say the policy is unfair and exposes asylum seekers to extreme violence in Mexican border cities, where attorneys are difficult to find.

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President Donald Trump’s maximalist approach to diplomacy has become a hallmark of his administration’s foreign policy and has played a central role in an impeachment fight over his actions toward Ukraine that will play out on the floor of the Senate this week.

SpaceX completed the last big test of its crew capsule before launching astronauts in as little as two months, mimicking an emergency escape shortly after liftoff Sunday.

New documents released by House Democrats suggest that Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, was more deeply involved than had been known previously in efforts by allies of President Donald Trump to dig up dirt in Ukraine on former Vice President Joe Biden.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “expressed outrage” to Egypt’s president on Sunday at the death of an American citizen who insisted he had been held wrongfully in an Egyptian prison, according to a State Department spokeswoman.

The National Archives said Saturday it made a mistake when it blurred images of anti-Trump signs used in an exhibit on women’s suffrage. The independent agency is charged with preserving government and historical records and said it has always been committed to preserving its holdings “without alteration.”

The 37-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is the only military veteran in the top tier of the field of Democrats running for president.

After Staff Sgt. Ian McLaughlin's widow was given a moment to say goodbye, hundreds of other paratroopers lined the roadway to salute as the hearse was escorted away.

Thousands gathered in cities across the country Saturday as part of the Women's March rallies focused on issues such as climate change, pay equity, reproductive rights and immigration.

The storm system began moving through the Plains and Midwest on Friday, leading to trouble at airports in Chicago and Kansas City. It was expected to spread to the Northeast by Saturday evening

Little did anyone know, but the Purple Heart medal of Pvt. Richard Earl Gregor had not reached the end of its journey last year when it was presented to the Marion County Historical Museum in Fairmont, W. Va.

The Space Force tweeted to explain its decision-making. Since the camouflage uniforms are the same ones that the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force use, the Space Force said that they were more cost-effective than spending money to produce a new design.

A boy armed with a gun killed three children and a woman inside a Utah home, then accompanied a fifth victim to a hospital, where he was arrested, police said Saturday.

The National Coast Guard Museum Association has raised more than $56 million for a national museum on the downtown New London waterfront to tell the story of the Coast Guard and has plans to launch a new committee in the spring to help raise remaining funds.

Two Republican state senators in Oklahoma want to make room on the roadways for President Donald Trump's brand — in a move that might be in violation of federal campaign finance rules.

The Virginia Citizens Defense League's yearly rally at the Capitol typically draws a few hundred gun enthusiasts. This year, thousands of gun activists are expected to turn out. Second Amendment groups have identified the state as a rallying point for the fight against what they see as a national erosion of gun rights.

Tamara Campbell's ex-husband was dishonorably discharged from the Marine Corps in 2015 and pleaded guilty to seven charges, including strangulation, shoving a loaded gun in her mouth and adultery. He was released on probation from prison last March.

Thirty-five women from across Illinois came to the Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System on Thursday to have their portraits taken by Gene Russell for the “I Am Not Invisible” project.

With Senate trial proceedings starting Tuesday, the moderate Maine Republican says she'll probably support a motion to call witnesses, aligning herself with Democrats. But she says she'll do that only after each side has argued its case.

Two immigrants, a pastor and an Army sergeant have been convicted of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud as part of an illegal immigration scheme, according to federal prosecutors.

Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller was the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for valor. He died while serving on a ship that was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in November 1943.

Staff Sgt. Ian Paul McLaughlin of Newport News, Va., and Pfc. Miguel Angel Villalon of Joliet, Ill., were killed Jan. 11 by an improvised explosive device.

Tuesday's incident has sparked outrage in the area, which has long been at the center of environmental injustices. It's also prompted concerns from residents who are uncertain about the long-term health and environmental impacts of jet fuel exposure.

A Supreme Court that seems more favorable to religion-based discrimination claims is set to hear a case that could make it easier to use public money to pay for religious schooling in many states.

Whenever somebody on Twitter takes issue with the network's rules or content policies, they almost always resort to the same strategy: They send a tweet to CEO Jack Dorsey. But what users don't know is that they're reaching out to the wrong Twitter executive.

The Democratic chairman and ranking Republican on a House Armed Services subcommittee toured Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works on Friday and offered assurances to shipbuilders amid reports of possible cuts.

The rule changes will remain open for public comment for 60 days once they are published in the Federal Register, according to the Department of Agriculture.

The M2 Bradley, which has been in service since 1981, transports infantry on the battlefield, provides fire support to dismounted troops and combats enemy vehicles.

About 3,000 U.S. troops slated to take part in an upcoming cold weather exercise in Norway in early March have been diverted to other missions. Some 7,500 U.S. troops are still expected to take part in the Norwegian-led Cold Response exercise.

Federal jurors found former Navy Capt. John "J.R." Nettleton guilty of obstruction of justice and lying to federal investigators in the death investigation of his lover's husband, Christopher Tur, in 2015.

Department of Veterans Affairs patients seeking private sector health care saw a nearly two-month delay for medical appointments in 2018 and the problem could worsen under the new Mission Act, the VA Office of Inspector General reported Thursday.

The Army paid hackers more than $275,000 for detecting vulnerabilities in popular military websites, which defense officials say is a step toward creating a more secure cyberspace.

Maj. Gen. Brian Mennes, the division’s commander, will lead the deployment. In a statement, Mennes called the 10th Mountain the “most deployed in the Army.”

The Defense Logistics Agency, which oversees the contract, estimated to be worth about $138 million per year, communicated its decision in a series of letters sent to potential bidders shortly before the holidays.

Army Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey will lead a new 60-person team for the Defense Department to develop new methods to counter drone strikes, which are increasing on the battlefields of the Middle East and Afghanistan, Pentagon officials announced earlier this week.

Curtis Adams was a steelworker with Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 and was stationed at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado when he was shot and killed in Oct., 2018.

An overlooked Civil War veteran needed to be recognized, so a mission was launched to honor Abraham "Abie" Jenkins, who entered the war in 1861.

Lorena Mendez is the widow of Marine Lance Cpl. Norberto Mendez-Hernandez, who enlisted in the Marines in 2010 and was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2011. He was 22 years old.

Foreign military students in the Pentagon’s U.S.-based training programs will face continuous monitoring of their activities and new restrictions on off-duty travel in the wake of a deadly shooting last month at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, defense officials said Friday.

What happens when a zoo elephant dies? Especially one who has been on her throne, so to speak, for almost 60 years? The National Zoo is planning.

President Donald Trump paid tribute to the national champion Louisiana State University football team on Friday, saying it would long be remembered as one of the greatest in college football history.

Three men linked to a violent white supremacist group known as The Base were charged with conspiring to kill members of a militant anti-fascist group, police in Georgia announced Friday, a day after three other members were arrested on federal charges in Maryland and Delaware.

The first member of Congress to endorse Donald Trump to be president was sentenced Friday to two years and two months in federal prison after admitting he helped his son and others dodge $800,000 in stock market losses when he learned that a drug trial by a small pharmaceutical company had failed.

Opening statements are expected Wednesday in the case against the 67-year-old executive who has come to be seen as the archvillain of the #MeToo era.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday broke nearly 72 hours of silence over alleged surveillance and threats to the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, saying he believed the allegations would prove to be wrong but that he had an obligation to evaluate and investigate the matter.

Southern California teachers plan to file a lawsuit after a commercial airliner with engine trouble dumped jet fuel over a densely populated area, including several schools, while making an emergency return to Los Angeles International Airport, their attorney said Friday.

An auction in New Jersey recently featured a table said to have been used for the planning of the Normandy invasion. But at the Eisenhower Presidential Museum, there is a table passed down through Dwight D. Eisenhower himself which was used for confidential delegations before D-Day.

Maj. Gen. William Cooley, the two-star commander of the Air Force Research Lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, was relieved of command Wednesday amid allegations of misconduct.

Navy officials declined to provide additional details about Cmdr. Bob Bowen’s firing, but one official said it was not related to any criminal allegations.

Army Green Beret Master Sgt. Nathan Goodman died Tuesday during military freefall training in Arizona, officials said. The incident occurred during routine training near Eloy, Ariz., U.S. Army Special Operations Command spokesman Lt. Col. Loren Bymer said in a statement.

Navy Reserve Lt. Jonny Kim, 35, said he plans to draw on his battlefield experiences when he goes into space.

The unidentified cadet wrote on his GoFundMe page titled “Help Me Bring Diamond Foxxx To YWW” that he had no money and asked: “Please help a young boy’s dream come true.“

Pfc. Ali Al-kazahg also pleaded guilty to making false official statements to his sergeant in Hawaii and gate guards at Offutt, along with fraudulent enlistment, as he did not disclose to Marine Corps recruiters he had once been arrested and rejected from enlistment into another service.

The remains of fallen Army Spc. Henry “Mitch” Mayfield Jr. came back to his hometown of Hazel Crest, Illinois, on Wednesday in a procession that also went by the high school he attended.

Fort Bragg officials said Staff Sgt. Shaun Pinheiro-Pires was detained at one of the base gates and turned over to the Sheriff's Office after his warrant appeared on the security check system.

Service members with more than 16 years in the military may continue to transfer their G.I. Bill education benefits to their dependents, according to a Navy Personnel Command directive issued Friday.

The policy details come days after Air Force Materiel Command, which includes about 80,000 combined military and civilian personnel, said they would beta-test a similar program beginning Monday.

Officials have not determined a motive in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Marine Chance Jammal Kelley, who was stationed in South Carolina.

The bulk of the brigade, which is made up of nearly 4,000 paratroopers, is expected to remain in Kuwait, at least for the time being, defense officials said. The brigade, which is specially trained to deploy on short notice, was rushed into the Middle East during the first week of 2020 as tensions increased with Iran.

Staff Sgt. Ian Paul McLaughlin, 29, of Newport News, Va., and Pfc. Miguel Angel Villalon, 21, of Joliet, Ill., died after an improvised explosive device struck their vehicle, said a news release from the 82nd Airborne Division.

York County detectives said Lana Clayton admitted to giving her husband Steven Clayton drinks laced with Visine. She poisoned him with Visine for three days in July 2018 before the poison eventually caused his death, prosecutors said.

U.S. Army Cyber Command will complete a move of its headquarters into a gleaming and well-equipped building later this year but its biggest need will be filling it with the right personnel, Lt. Gen, Stephen Fogarty said.

Service members and Defense Department civilians are each slated to receive an average 3.1% bump in annual pay as part of the $737 billion military budget for 2020 — $22 billion more than last year’s defense measure.

The Air Force and the Environmental Protection Agency were investigating suspected Clean Air Act violations by Balfour Beatty Communities, the private company that manages housing on the base.

Federal authorities filed no charges after an investigation into a reported assault of a congressional staff member at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Washington, and the case is now considered closed, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said Wednesday.

Gov. Larry Hogan and Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford welcomed 150 soldiers from the Army National Guard’s 244th vertical construction company Wednesday after being deployed for almost one year to the Middle East in support of Operation Spartan Shield.

According to base officials, it does not appear the deceased was affiliated with Fort Stewart and there is no threat to the community.

A Kansas associate professor concealed work he was doing for China while employed at the University of Kansas and tried to recruit other researchers and students for the Chinese government, according to revised federal charges filed Wednesday.

Former Fort Carson soldier Tyler Lee Wheeler was sentenced Monday in the Oct. 7, 2018, death of Kenyatta Horne. He served in the 4th Infantry Division from August 2016 to April 2018 and didn’t deploy, Army records show. It’s unclear what led to his separation.

A memorial service will be held Thursday to honor Pvt. Connor J. McGurran, who died Jan. 8, Fort Jackson spokeswoman Leslie Ann Sully said in a new release. The 19-year-old Minnesota Army National Guard Soldier was found unresponsive following a training exercise.

Some pilots could be flying blind in airspace over the Southeast and Caribbean this month due to a military training exercise by the U.S. Navy's Carrier Strike Group 4.

The commander of Recruiting Station Cleveland in Ohio, Maj. Brandon Currie, Sgt. Maj. Christopher Lillie and an operations officer, whom officials declined to name, were fired last week by Col. Robert Clark, commanding officer of 4th Marine Corps district.

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In his new role, Gen. Jay Raymond will also serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Puerto Rico has activated more than 650 of its National Guard members with 115 more preparing to travel from New York to help construct and support tent shelters across the southern region of the island where thousands of residents continue to sleep outdoors for fear of another major earthquake.

The Pentagon had stopped all flight and field training for the approximately 850 Saudi students amid fears that others may have known about or been involved in the shooting at the Pensacola Naval Air Station. Classroom training has continued.

Spc. Henry Mayfield Jr., 23, from the Chicago suburb of Hazel Crest, was killed in the Sunday morning attack, his family told Chicago’s NBC affiliate.

An Arizona man contracted to fly aircraft for the U.S. military one of three Americans killed by Somali militants.

Approximately 5,000 ribbons will cloak the trees that line Hazel Crest, Ill. to honor Army Spc. Henry “Mitch” Mayfield Jr., who was killed in a Jan. 5 attack at an airfield in Kenya.

Kayla Barron's training class graduates as the first since NASA’s Artemis program was launched in 2017 with a goal of returning humans to the moon by 2024 and then sending people to Mars.

The Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis could have prevented the suicide of a patient in 2018 who repeatedly told staff, “I want to die,” according to a watchdog report released Wednesday.

Some religious liberty groups are protesting a blessing ceremony held in the District of Columbia for a Protestant bible to be used by the new U.S. Space Force.

Chief Justice John Roberts was sworn in Thursday to preside over President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, then immediately administered the oath to the full Senate to ensure “impartial justice” as jurors.

The U.S. Defense Department office that oversees development of the F-35 Lightning II combat jet has awarded project leader Lockheed Martin a $1.9 billion contract to support and sustain the expanding global F-35 fleet through 2020.

Air Force Col. Parker Wright has been nominated for appointment to the rank of brigadier general, the Department of Defense said Monday. Wright is serving as the commander, National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), deputy chief of staff, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations, at Wright-Patterson.

A soldier convicted of a sex crime is arguing that testimony explaining the military’s sexual assault prevention training “unfairly prejudiced” a jury, documents filed to the nation’s highest military court say.