The plan to extend some troops’ deployments comes at the request of federal law enforcement officials, including the Secret Service.

Animal Protection of New Mexico and the Humane Society of the United States filed a federal lawsuit Jan. 14 against the National Institutes of Health about a group of chimpanzees residing on Holloman Air Force Base.

The Navy is moving its East Coast amphibious ships to Hampton Roads and will shift some guided-missile destroyers to Naval Station Mayport in Florida.

The Army’s Fort Wainwright in Alaska will close the base’s shoppette two hours earlier each night starting Monday with an aim to decrease drunken driving and other “harmful acts.”

The investigation into the behavior of Command Sgt. Maj. Arthur "Cliff" Burgoyne III began last month after he allegedly spoke to subordinates in a manner that wasn’t appropriate of a corps-level noncommissioned officer.

Walmart plans to offer covid-19 vaccines in at least seven additional states in the coming days, significantly expanding the availability of shots as the U.S. grapples with a slower-than-expected rollout.

Samuel L. Myers Sr., a Harvard-educated economist and leader in Black higher education who presided over momentous change at Bowie State College starting in the late 1960s, died Jan. 8 at age 101.

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who broke racial barriers throughout his four decades in the Army, said military leaders must set the right example to discourage and eliminate extremist behavior.

A YouTube video titled “Military turns backs to Joe Biden’s motorcade” drew controversy for showing some National Guard members facing away from President Joe Biden's motorcade the morning of his inauguration.

Hundreds of National Guard members forced from the U.S. Capitol in Washington and into a parking garage Thursday night were allowed to return indoors to rest, defense officials said Friday, after photos of soldiers laying on concrete prompted outrage from lawmakers.

Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin was confirmed Friday by a 93-2 vote in the Senate to be the 28th defense secretary and the first Black man to hold the position.

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Steven Skoda, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christian Koch and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Daniel Prial were all pilots assigned to the 171st General Support Aviation Battalion based at the Army Aviation Support Facility at Rochester International Airport.

Staff Sgt. Timothy Luke Manchester, 34, died Wednesday in a noncombat incident at Camp Arifjan, the Defense Department said in a statement.

The cross-border project would have transported more than 800,000 barrels a day from the western province of Alberta to Nebraska, and from there to U.S. refineries. Alberta's premiere, called on Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to consider trade sanctions against the United States.

After an unexplained delay, the Pentagon announced plans Thursday to move ahead with a military trial for three men held at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who are suspected of involvement in deadly bombings in Indonesia in 2002 and 2003.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she will send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, triggering the start of the former president's trial on a charge of “incitement of insurrection” of the deadly Capitol Jan. 6 riot.

The orders signed by President Joe Biden are aimed at jump starting his national COVID-19 strategy to increase vaccinations and testing, lay the groundwork for reopening schools and businesses, and immediately increase the use of masks.

Public health experts Thursday blamed COVID-19 vaccine shortages around the U.S. in part on the Trump administration’s push to get states to vastly expand their vaccination drives to reach the nation’s estimated 54 million people age 65 and over.

Michael Joseph Foy faces five federal charges, including a charge for assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating or interfering with an officer of the United States.

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Rarely has a presidential transition represented such a sharp contrast in approaches to immigration and border security. And rarely has the timing been more urgent, said a migration researcher.

The indictment of a former federal agent charged with pocketing $250,000 in bribes to protect the Mafia is rooted in a "racial animus" toward Italian Americans, his lawyer contends.

Officials said Friday they will hold an online ceremony next week that will rename Edward Devotion Elementary School in Brookline, Mass., to the Florida Ruffin Ridley School.

Capt. Scott Moss, the commanding officer of Navy Operational Support Center in Knoxville, was relieved of his command after a command investigation was conducted following an inspector general complaint.

Dozens of people paid homage online to Warrant Officer John Wirka, who died last week in a noncombat incident, and hundreds of people have raised more than $50,000 for the wife and young daughter he left behind.

Almost 26,000 Guard troops were assigned to Washington in the last two weeks to support local and federal law enforcement agencies for President Joe Biden's inauguration Wednesday.

They served in the military decades ago, often putting their lives on the line for their country. But aging veterans are learning that their sacrifice may not guarantee them a COVID-19 vaccine at a Veterans Affairs clinic.

It is unclear Thursday what will happen to the money redirected from the Pentagon to build the border wall.

Women in the Air Force can wear a ponytail or up to two braids with their uniform under an update to grooming regulations spurred by feedback that showed women experienced hair loss and migraines from the current standards.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Abdigafar Salad Warsame and a member of the New York Air National Guard are the latest active-duty service members to die from complications of the coronavirus.

It’s a sign of Biden’s confidence in the Donald Trump appointee — and a return to presidential tradition — that the new president will keep the FBI director, who still has six years left in his term.

As a photo of Sen. Bernie Sanders at President Biden's inauguration Wednesday went viral, fans rushed to Photoshop the bundled-up senator in memes crossing historical, cultural and artistic moments.

Army veteran Nicholas Giovannelli is suing to stop several companies from “exploiting his image for profit” after he found them selling posters featuring photos of him taken in Afghanistan many years ago.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday named Dat Tran, the principal deputy assistant secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Enterprise Integration, to immediately take the helm of the agency.

President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced new leaders of the Department of Veterans Affairs – the country’s second-largest federal agency.

President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

The 400,000-death toll, reported Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University, is greater than the population of New Orleans, Cleveland or Tampa, Florida. It's nearly equal to the number of American lives lost annually to strokes, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, flu and pneumonia combined.

Cole James Bridges was with the Third Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, Georgia, when he thought he was communicating with the Islamic State online about the terrorism plots.

David Norquist, a Pentagon mainstay throughout former President Donald Trump’s term, was sworn in Wednesday as the acting defense secretary, taking over the Defense Department's top position until a permanent choice is approved by Congress.

“I cannot wait to leave this job, believe me,” Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said Thursday to reporters as they were returning from a visit to U.S. Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.

Part “Beavis and Butt-Head” and part “Looney Tunes,” “Frag Out” follows the exploits of Marines Buck and Chuck, who experience perpetual boredom while standing post in a desert war zone.

A UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter crashed in Mendon, New York, a rural town south of Rochester, officials said.

The Joining Forces initiative that supported military families and veterans is coming back to the White House with President-elect Joe Biden’s administration under the office of the future first lady Jill Biden, who helped established it in 2011.

The Pentagon has a zero-tolerance policy for any extremism among its forces — but some Defense Department officials and members of Congress have been critical of the department’s efforts to keep extremists from its ranks.

The Pentagon has authorized up to 25,000 service members to protect the nation’s capital ahead of the 59th presidential inauguration, the National Guard announced Friday.

The executive order requires the VA and Department of Defense to identify which toxins were found at K2, where on the base they were found and which service members may have been exposed to them.

Officials did not say which fringe groups the National Guard members belonged to or what unit they served in.

While military leaders in Spc. Vanessa Guillen’s chain of command have been removed from the unit, they could return to their previous job or other leadership roles in the Army pending the results of an ongoing Army Forces Command investigation.

National Guard troops stationed in and around the Capitol have been approved to carry their service firearms, M4 carbines and M9 pistols, as law enforcement and Army officials fear the potential for further violence ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week.

A search continues for the person or persons who stole the armored vehicle last Friday from the National Guard Armory in the city of Bell, the bureau said.

Lt. Col. Larry Wyatt, an Army physician assistant, earned the Soldier’s Medal for his bravery and decisiveness when he strapped a makeshift tourniquet on his own mangled arm and treated his badly wounded mentor after motorcyclists slammed into them at high speed.

Jacob Fracker, an infantryman who serves in the Virginia National Guard, is the first known service member to have been directly involved in the siege of the Capitol or charged in connection to it.

The Navy is seeking a permit to conduct special operations training exercises in 28 Washington State Parks, despite concerns from park users over the proposal.

The Army will review thousands of discharge records of veterans affected by military sexual trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and other behavioral health conditions following a class-action lawsuit, the service announced Tuesday.

The director of AFWERX, a subsidiary of the Air Force exploring the leading edge of certain technologies, sees a future where "anywhere can be an airport and anyone can be a pilot."

When he was called to D.C. for duty, "my first thought was, 'What about my kids?' " said District of Columbia National Guard Sgt. Jacob Kohut, who teaches elementary and middle school students.

Thirty-seven years after terrorists exploded a truck bomb in a Marine barracks in Lebanon, killing 241 U.S. military personnel, Iran has started to pay.

Few of the almost 25,000 National Guard deployed to bolster security in Washington during this week’s inauguration had much time to plan before grabbing their uniforms and gear and heading out to join a security buildup not seen in the American capital since the Civil War.

Analysis

Stop. Stabilize. Then move — but in a vastly different direction. President Joe Biden is pledging a new path for the nation after Donald Trump’s four years in office.

Airman 1st Class Calvin Cooper is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter, negligent homicide and reckless driving in the March 21, 2019, crash that resulted in the death of 39-year-old Angelica Baca of Albuquerque.

Virginia will rename Camp Pendleton, the 325-acre state military reservation in Virginia Beach named for the Confederate Army’s chief of artillery.

Presidential traditions are usually known for their solemnity and carry the weight of future historical significance. This one began with cartoon turkeys and a reference to lunch.

Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, who spent 41 years in the Army and retired in 2016 after leading the Defense Department’s U.S. Central Command, told the Senate Armed Service Committee that he understood the “enormous difference” between leading in uniform and serving as the civilian leader of the Pentagon

At least 13 off-duty law enforcement officials are suspected of taking part in the riot, a tally that could grow as investigators continue to pore over footage and records to identify participants.

Across the country, high-risk patients who are eligible for the treatment have not been offered the option. Many aren't even aware that it exists. The therapy is most effective if given within 10 days of a positive coronavirus test.

Baltimore firefighter Ryan Marani was preparing for work Jan. 6 when he saw the news – the U.S. Capitol had been overtaken by a mob. As a specialist with the Maryland National Guard, he knew the call was coming.

Multiple veterans and service members are being investigated for their roles in the mob takeover of the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday, and at least two national veterans organizations want to ensure they’re not on their membership lists.

Fifteen COVID-19 vaccination hubs run by New York City are postponing all first-dose appointments and other sites have stopped making new appointments as the state burns through its supply of the shots, officials said Thursday.

Biden's 15 executive actions, and two directives, amount to an attempt to rewind the last four years of federal policies with striking speed.

Sgt. 1st Class Dejaun K. Frazier and Spc. Kenmaj D. Graham were killed in separate vehicle accidents over the holiday weekend.

A retired Navy SEAL who described “breaching the Capitol” in a Facebook video is now being questioned by the FBI about his involvement in last week’s violent riot, according to a news report.

A judge sentenced a man to life in prison Tuesday after the man pleaded guilty to beating a 94-year-old World War II veteran to death last April during a home invasion in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood.

He flew combat missions during the Normandy Invasion. He has counted Charles Lindbergh and six U.S. presidents as friends. On Jan. 16, Henry Benton Sayler Jr. celebrated his 100th birthday, an age that impressed even him.

Three shipwrecks have emerged simultaneously on Hatteras beaches, something locals say is rare on the Outer Banks island.

Essay

To most Americans, the sight of armed National Guard troops sleeping in the Capitol Rotunda this past week was shocking and disturbing. To some, it was an echo of the far-distant past.

U.S. infectious-disease chief Anthony Fauci pledged his country’s commitment to the World Health Organization, including membership in a global effort to deploy COVID-19 vaccines.

While millions of other vaccine-seekers in the region try to arrange appointments online or over the phone, sometimes landing slots that are months away, Paterson's clinic at International High School is first-come, first-served.

Gen. Paul Nakasone, the NSA director, placed Michael Ellis, a former Trump White House official, on leave pending an inquiry by the Pentagon inspector general into the circumstances of his selection as NSA general counsel.

House Democrats who voted to impeach Donald Trump last week for inciting the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot have signaled they want to move quickly to trial as President Joe Biden begins his term.

Officials warn that a shortage in supplies could delay how quickly the state is able to vaccinate older Californians before moving onto other groups not currently prioritized.

There were a few scattered arrests, but no serious disruptions in the city during Biden's inauguration ceremony.

The legislation puts President-elect Biden on track to deliver on a major campaign promise important to Latino voters and other immigrant communities after four years of President Donald Trump's restrictive policies and mass deportations.

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Three decades ago, Kirby Lee Vaughn prepared to cross into Iraq as part of Operation Desert Storm. The Army sergeant had brought his Canon T-70 camera into the desert to capture the experiences of his unit.

Joe Biggs, one of the leaders of the Proud Boys, faces three charges: obstructing, influencing or impeding a proceeding before Congress; entering restricted grounds without authority; and engaging in disorderly or disruptive activity.

The last-minute clemency, announced Wednesday morning, follows separate waves of pardons over the last month for Trump associates.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday explicitly placed blame on President Donald Trump for the deadly riot at the Capitol, saying the mob was “fed lies” and that the president and others “provoked” those intent on overturning Democrat Joe Biden’s election.

The last U.S. Navy vessel named for the city of Pittsburgh, a submarine, retired in 2019 after 35 years at sea, but over the weekend the Navy announced that a new ship will bear the city's name.

Winston Churchill described it as the “worst journey in the world,” and two local Merchant Marine veterans in their 90s are among the last left in the U.S. to have endured it.

The bill's proponents say it will protect the integrity of women’s sports. Opponents say passing the bill could mean Montana would lose federal education funding under an executive order signed by President Joe Biden during his first day in office.

Frustrated by crashing appointment websites, shortages of COVID-19 shots and a patchwork of confusing eligibility rules, people with time and money are heading out of town in pursuit of a potentially life-saving inoculation.

Donald Trump pumped his fist and waved as he departed the White House on Marine One Wednesday for the last time as president, leaving behind a legacy of chaos and tumult and a nation bitterly divided.

Michael Pack, a Trump appointee who sought to remake the Voice of America and other government-funded overseas news agencies, resigned on Wednesday, bringing an end to a short and tumultuous tenure.

As part of a national effort to harness the speed and flexibility of additive manufacturing — often called "3D printing" — the Air Force this month issued a call for a "cutting-edge automated 3-D scanning system" that can quickly scan complex parts to produce three-dimensional models.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, 51, an infectious-diseases specialist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, takes the helm at a time when the virus' U.S. death toll has eclipsed 400,000 and continues to accelerate.