A confidential FBI informant is testifying Friday in a Jackson County courthouse about being embedded for months alongside leaders of a group accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Governors loosening coronavirus restrictions — or, like Texas and Mississippi, lifting them entirely — are counting on Johnson & Johnson's new vaccine to usher in a return to prepandemic life. Health experts say their surrender to tantalizing normality is courting a potential fourth U.S. surge.

The installation will officially change its name to Vandenberg Space Force Base.

A federal judge in Virginia has tentatively scheduled a January 2022 trial for two Britain militants charged with being part of an Islamic State group that tortured and beheaded American and European hostages in Syria.

Idaho National Guard leadership said weather and human factors were the main contributors to the fatal helicopter crash in February that killed three pilots outside of Boise.

Some military families have turned to the legal system to settle claims that many private companies contracted by the military to maintain and manage base housing have been negligent and force families to live in dangerous conditions.

William Beaumont Army Medical Center in Texas is temporarily postponing administration of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine due to a shortage in doses.

Marine is in the hospital after an alleged assault this week at Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps officials said Thursday.

A former State Department aide in President Donald Trump's administration has been charged with participating in the deadly siege at the Capitol and assaulting officers who were trying to guard the building, court papers show.

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy's Class of 2021 found out its post-graduation assignments Thursday night during the academy's annual billet night ceremony, the first time the class had gathered together in one room since the coronavirus pandemic began.

The investigation will dive into the role misinformation plays in drawing veterans toward extremist ideology and organizations, according to a statement from Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs committee.

With the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America celebrating its 125th anniversary on March 15, South Florida members of the organization explained what serving in the military has meant to them.

Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, adjutant general of the Arizona National Guard, had planned to retire last year but stayed on because of the pandemic, Gov. Doug Ducey's office said Friday in a statement.

Gov. Mark Gordon didn't previously disclose details of the deployment of 60 Army National Guard and 13 Air National Guard members in the Cheyenne area because it was a "security operation," Gordon spokesman Michael Pearlman said Friday.

Antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee was indicted on fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges alleging that he and cohorts made over $13 million by fooling investors zealous over the emerging cryptocurrency market.

Women have played integral roles in Air Force history even before there was an Air Force, and a new exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force brings new attention to that dimension of military history.

A new study published Friday found that tiny particles of soot from wildfires, which millions of Californians are breathing in, are up to 10 times as harmful to human respiratory health as particulate pollution from other sources such as car exhaust, factories or power plants.

Texas's promise of modern living on a small-government budget coupled with its growing population of young, non-white residents has made it one of the fastest-growing states in recent decades.

Rep. Eric Swalwell, who served as a House manager in Donald Trump's last impeachment trial, filed a lawsuit Friday against the former president, his son, lawyer and a Republican congressman whose actions he charges led to January's insurrection.

ANALYSIS

The financial pain from the pandemic has fallen disproportionately on states that rely on tourism, such as Florida, Hawaii and Nevada, and on states that rely on severance taxes and energy jobs, such as Alaska, North Dakota and Wyoming.

After nearly a year on the front lines of the pandemic, retail and restaurant workers in Texas and Mississippi — where governors this week said they would ease a number of coronavirus-related restrictions, including mask requirements — say they feel especially vulnerable now.

The Air Force is considering changing age brackets used for fitness assessments and redistributing fitness points.

President Joe Biden on Friday signaled support to replace decades-old authorizations for the use of military force in the Middle East, a little more than a week after he relied on the authorizations to carry out a retaliatory airstrike against Iranian-backed militia in eastern Syria.

Soldiers are mourning the closure of a popular veteran-owned pub near an Army base in Tennessee, after fire ravaged much of the building.

Maj. Gen. Brian Winski is relinquishing command of the division and Fort Campbell to Maj. Gen. JP McGee.

One of the women who accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexually harassing her at the workplace said she was motivated to come forward after another woman contacted her sharing similar allegations and following the Democratic governor's name being mentioned as a potential cabinet position nominee for President Joe Biden.

Mississippi is on track to become the first state this year to enact a law banning transgender athletes from competing on girls or women's sports teams.

Analysis

It was N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Emmy-winning performance of daily televised coronavirus briefings in which he projected competence and compassion, helping to calm a nervous nation. Now, many Americans are getting a close-up of a very different governor.

Some New York lawmakers are calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's impeachment after reports late Thursday that his top aides altered a state Health Department report to omit the true number of people killed by COVID-19 in the state's nursing homes.

The nonprofit National Safety Council estimates in a report issued Thursday that 42,060 people died in vehicle crashes in 2020, an 8% increase over 2019 and the first jump in four years.

The military services and the Pentagon have been encouraging people to get vaccinated through social media and other messaging campaigns.

Aaron Michael Fish, a sailor assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, was killed in a vehicle accident while driving in a convoy en route to Camp Pendleton to pick up equipment.

The Navy and Air Force got together to team up the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds performance teams that tour the country at air shows to practice a new formation called the “Super Delta.”

A Marine Corps official declined to offer further details about the victim, who is a woman, or the circumstances of the alleged assault.

One in every four families living at Fort Campbell, Ky., will have a new or renovated house within the next five to 10 years based on plans by the Army and the base housing company.

A Navy and Army veteran helps others through collegiate video game tournaments.

House Democrats passed sweeping voting and ethics legislation over unanimous Republican opposition, advancing to the Senate what would be the largest overhaul of the U.S. election law in at least a generation.

Former Adm. James Stavridis and former Marine officer Elliot Ackerman spun together a novel that imagines a Gulf of Tonkin-type incident between Chinese and U.S. naval ships that quickly metastasizes into cyberwarfare, global internet outages and the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons.

There are still about 5,200 National Guard troops in the nation’s capital who were called up to provide support to the Capitol Police in the response to the Jan. 6 riot.

SpaceX's futuristic Starship looked like it aced a touchdown Wednesday, but then exploded on the landing pad with so much force that it was hurled into the air.

The Rhode Island National Guard has produced a 10-minute video to guide people through the process of getting a coronavirus vaccine at one of two state-run mass vaccination sites.

Tariffs that Donald Trump placed on foreign steel and aluminum have been "effective," President Joe Biden's commerce secretary said, an indication that the Biden administration won't soon abolish the highly contentious duties.

The woman told police the man typed something on his phone and extended his arm across to her, displaying a message that said "I am Satan," then stared at her.

The new physical training uniform is expected to become available to airmen in 2022, with a four-year transition period to mandatory wear.

Starting March 15, commanders can authorize maintainers to wear navy-blue shorts in maintenance areas when temperatures are forecast to meet or exceed 80 degrees Fahrenheit.

A Defense Department report said sleep deprivation “may be the most important biological factor that determines service member health and combat readiness.”

The Buffalo and Erie County Military and Naval Park has exceeded its goal to raise $100,000 for emergency hull repairs for USS The Sullivans, but there is more work to be done.

American Tattoo Society, which opened its first on-base location at the Nellis Air Force Base exchange in September, expects to open a new shop at Fort Bliss in the coming months.

The GAO also found that reimbursements paid to female active-duty service members for uniform items were lower than what their male counterparts received.

In just over two years since completing Critical Design Review (CDR), Northrop Grumman has brought its digital design of the B-21 Raider to life, with two test aircraft in production.

Victor Everette Silvers is accused of murdering his estranged wife, Brittney Niecol Silvers, at her on-post home in 2018.

Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., on Wednesday reintroduced the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers Act that would create a $10 million grant program led by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Pentagon chief spokesman John Kirby maintained this week that the Defense Department has not received an additional request to keep the troops in Washington longer than March 12 and the National Guard will continue its mission until then.

Space is becoming more competitive, said Space Force commander Gen. John Raymond, and guidelines will become a necessity as more countries embrace commercial and military-based space operations.

Benjamin Robert Clinton, a 19-year-old Marine stationed in Twentynine Palms, Calif., was arrested Feb. 28, 2021 on suspicion of helping a 15-year-old teenager run away and having sex with her, authorities said.

After a video by a Marine identified only as Dalina detailing her experience with sexual assault in the military went viral, she has since met with her chain of command and was given “advocacy and support resources,” according to a military spokesperson.

The government broadcast service has been airing Limbaugh’s program since the 1990s, but the announcement of the “Best of Rush” show on AFN’s Facebook page received mostly negative feedback from commenters.

The Army is studying whether the warrior pose could make better warriors after putting hundreds of new recruits through daily yoga and meditation regimens in basic training.

John B. Williams, who may have been the last surviving World War II Buffalo Soldier in Ohio, died on Friday at the age of 98.

A female Marine posted a video online Thursday lashing out at a general who intervened to stop the ouster of another Marine she accused of sexual assault and bringing renewed attention to military oversight and decision-making in these cases.

All of the sailors involved in the crash were attached to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 based at Naval Base Ventura County, according to a Navy spokesperson.

Even small explosions — ones unlikely to cause concussions or injuries — change the molecular structure of the brain, a study says.

The Navy will require its sailors to reaffirm their oaths to the Constitution during daylong unit stand-downs ordered by the defense secretary to address extremism, including white supremacy.

A former U.S. Army soldier who was court martialed after he left his post in Afghanistan and was captured by the Taliban is asking a federal judge to overturn his military conviction.

The launch last month means the Montana is now 92% complete — and watertight. It cleared the way for tugboats to nudge the submarine from the floating drydock to an outfitting pier.

Brig. Gen. Milford H. Beagle Jr., a South Carolina native who has served as the commander at Fort Jackson since 2018, has been given a new assignment.

Staff Sgt. Lesly J. Lindor was charged in connection with the Sept. 3, 2018, death of his wife Rachelle Lindor. A military official who spoke on the condition of anonymity said Lindor had attempted to obtain tetrodotoxin, a poison that comes from puffer fish and similar species.

Prosecutors said the woman and an acquaintance pretended to be high-ranking military officers deployed overseas and expressed romantic interest in women ranging in age from 45 to 82.

The announcement came after the academy enacted a "restriction of movement" order on Sunday, confining students to their rooms and shifting to virtual classes for at least 10 days.

Lt. Gen. Ronald Place said that roughly a third of military personnel are declining to be immunized.

Richard Barnett was arrested less than a week after the insurrection and entered a plea of not guilty.

To better understand how sleep helps soldiers cope in the harsh conditions of Alaska, about 1,000 Army troops at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage have been issued a wearable device to measure their physiological data across sleep, strain and recovery.

Sgt. Dermot Andrew Blake was charged with murder and two counts of child abuse associated with the shooting death of his wife, Tashianna Blake.

The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday suspended the search in waters off Alaska for an overdue helicopter piloted by the former head of Alaska's largest tribal health care organization, who resigned last week after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced against him.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett issued her first signed majority opinion for the Supreme Court on Thursday, siding with the government over an environmental group seeking draft agenda reports about potential harm to endangered species.

President Joe Biden has agreed to narrow eligibility for a new round of $1,400 stimulus payments in his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill amid pressure from moderate Senate Democrats who have pushed for more "targeted" spending in the bill.

Gibson retired last year from a 33-year Army career, including in the office of the Director of National Intelligence as the deputy director of national intelligence for national security partnerships.

Until now, the vaccination campaign against the outbreak that's killed over a half-million Americans has concentrated mostly on health workers and senior citizens.

The Biden administration wants to use the Federal Emergency Management Agency in South Texas to help cope with the growing numbers of unaccompanied children and teens crossing from Mexico without their parents, according to two people familiar with the proposal.

At least 50 members of the National Guard have been sickened with gastrointestinal issues after complaints that service members were served bad food while guarding the U.S. Capitol in Washington, officials said.

A soldier indicted on federal charges of conspiring with neo-Nazis to ambush his own unit wants his case dismissed because the grand jury didn’t include enough Black and Hispanic members.

With Democrats controlling the presidency and Congress, Republican state lawmakers concerned about the possibility of new federal gun control laws aren't waiting to react.

The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for an 87-year-old pilot who went missing last week in his single-engine plane.

More employees at Redstone Arsenal may be returning to the office with the lowering Thursday of the Army base’s health protection condition.

Julia Parsons worked on one of the first computers to decode German U-boat message traffic sent via the Enigma machine. But "we never talked about it," she said. "Because you never knew who was listening. Also, no one asked me."

Black veterans who are eligible for coronavirus vaccines are accepting them at rates similar to veterans of other races, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The head of Arizona's environmental agency called on Luke Air Force Base in metro Phoenix to help stop the spread of a plume of chemicals contaminating the area's drinking water after recent testing discovered high levels of compounds commonly found in a firefighting foam once used there.

The Long-Range Discrimination Radar system will be capable of tracking incoming missiles while at the same time distinguish lethal warheads from decoys or other nonlethal objects.

The memo comes during a time when the Defense Department is reviewing and examining issues related to the culture and character among the force.

The flight to the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar's tarmac marked the last time the Marines would deploy with Hornets on an aircraft carrier. By 2028, most pilots will fly the more stealth F-35 B fighter jets.

Last month, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved the deployment of service members to support 100 vaccination centers run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The latest information underscores a labor market still in the grips of a health crisis that's reducing economic activity across many industries.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History on Tuesday honored Dr. Anthony Fauci with its Great Americans Medal.