Two House Democrats want to compel the Air Force to detail how much has been spent on trips that President Donald Trump has made to his Florida estate and other properties that he and his family own.

Senators want to give a state income tax break to more North Carolina military veterans on retirement pay or benefits received by surviving family members.

Rex Tillerson is clamping down further on hiring as part of his push to overhaul the State Department, in a move likely to exacerbate concerns that a large number of unfilled jobs is diminishing his agency's role in shaping foreign policy.

ANALYSIS

The report backed by the Republican-led House Armed Services Committee, would make an assessment of the 10 military bases within each service most threatened by rising sea levels, drought and thawing permafrost. It also asks for the costs of mitigating those effects.

Costs to operate and support Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35 will balloon unless the deteriorating reliability of the Pentagon's costliest program improves, according to an assessment from the Defense Department's own testing office.

Q&A

Admiral Paul Zukunft has been the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard since May 30, 2014. In a recent interview, Zukunft discussed the times that have tested his leadership skills, the lessons he has learned during 40 years of service and his 4:30 a.m. exercise routine.

After 12 years in charge of South Carolina’s military college, Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa will step down as president of The Citadel next summer.

The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed on voice vote a bill that aims to speed up the process of getting veterans their earned benefits – a task that now takes between three and six years on average if a veteran is forced to appeal a benefits claim that is denied.

Video

A man yelled "Freedom!" as he crashed his vehicle into Arkansas' new Ten Commandments monument early Wednesday, nearly three years after he was arrested in the destruction of Oklahoma's monument at its state Capitol, authorities said.

On Tuesday, a federal-district court in Denver granted a motion to reopen Navy veteran Dana Zzyym's case against the State Department for denying their passport applications.

Taylor County commissioners signed a proclamation encouraging that those in military uniform be allowed to go to the head of the line in county facilities in honor of their service.

Captains of vessels that carry more than six paying passengers are required to renew their U.S. Coast Guard licenses every five years. Capt. Christina White's was up for renewal early last year. She filled out a renewal application, submitted to the required physical exam and drug test and waited for her new license. That simple, routine act would prove to be her undoing, and set in motion the unraveling of a closely-held, 20-year-old secret.

Native American tribes and environmental groups preparing for a legal battle to stop President Donald Trump from dismantling Utah's new national monument face a tougher challenge than anticipated.

A Virginia woman living in the U.S. as an Iraqi refugee for the last decade is scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday to federal charges after being charged with hiding her ties to the kidnapper of a U.S. contractor.

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for political consulting work he did for a Ukrainian political party, acknowledging that he coached party members on how to interact with U.S. government officials.

North Dakota's governor, top law officer and military leader all said Wednesday they were unaware that a private security firm hired by the developer of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline has been operating illegally in the state without a license.

Prosecutors swore out charges against Riduan Isomuddin, 53, on June 20, accusing the man known as Hambali of two 2002-03 terrorist bombings in Southeast Asia that killed more than 200 people.

Analysis

Barely five months into office, President Donald Trump keeps taking time out from governing to run for re-election. The historically early campaigning comes with clear fundraising benefits, but it has raised red flags. Among them: Government employees have inappropriately crossed over into campaign activities, tax dollars may be subsidizing some aspects of campaign events, and as a constant candidate, the president risks alienating Americans who did not vote for him.

When President Donald Trump got around to talking about the Republican health care system plan during a rally before a 6,000-person crowd, instead of preaching party lines about getting the government out of Americans' health decisions and cutting costs, he declared: "Add some money to it!"

"She should apologize to me for the lie that her husband told about me," former wrestling star and Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura told a Fox News host. "Why would I apologize? I didn't do anything."

A charge of cruelty to animals filed against a Fort Bragg soldier accused of shooting an emotional support dog was dismissed in North Carolina.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Thursday that it would begin offering emergency mental health services starting July 5 to veterans with other-than-honorable discharges – following through on a departmental change that VA Secretary David Shulkin promised in March.

An El Paso County jury on Monday acquitted a Green Beret of negligent homicide for fatally shooting an intruder in his garage.

Authorities have gathered additional classified information in the National Security Agency leak investigation here beyond what the suspect is accused of revealing to the news media about Russia’s meddling in the U.S. election system, according to federal prosecutors.

Video

Raytheon said that it had bolted a laser to a U.S. Army Apache AH-64 helicopter and zapped an unmanned target at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

Officials at the Army’s Redstone Arsenal received two emergency phone calls of an active shooter on post Tuesday morning, but an investigation determined the reports of the incident that locked down the north Alabama installation for several hours were unfounded.

Major veterans' organizations are voicing concerns about a Senate GOP bill to repeal the nation's health care law, fearing the impact of rising insurance costs and worried the underfunded Department of Veterans Affairs won't be able to fill the coverage gap.

For a president seemingly at perpetual war with "fake news," the resignation of three CNN journalists over a retracted story about a Donald Trump Russian connection is a gift from the political gods when the struggling effort to pass a health bill dominates the headlines.

Navy scientists plan to test fire a long-range laser across the breadth of the Chesapeake Tuesday night. The laser is harmless to the eye and will shut down if a boat or plane comes within 300 meters, Navy officials said in a statement.

Customs and Border Protection still has not signed any contracts to build prototypes of new barriers, a first step in plans to design and erect a wall along the 2,000-mile Mexico border.

President Donald Trump offered ebullient appreciation for Indian purchases of U.S military equipment as he welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House on Monday.

A federal judge on Monday temporarily suspended the deportation of 1,400 Iraqi nationals in the U.S. while he determines whether his court is the proper place to consider their fears of physical harm if they're kicked out of the country.

A Massachusetts National Guard soldier is facing a charge he improperly touched a female subordinate while they were in formation at the Ethan Allen Firing Range in Jericho, Vermont.

The intelligence community is seeking permanent authority for a contested surveillance program at a time when senators in both parties are increasingly frustrated in their attempts to learn how much information spy agencies collect on American citizens - and even on senators themselves.

The competition for a multibillion-dollar contract to manage the U.S. laboratory that created the atomic bomb is beginning as criticism intensifies over the troubled safety record of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

President Donald Trump's new policy on Cuba travel has winners and losers: Group tour operators hope to sell more trips, but bed-and-breakfast owners in Cuba say they're losing business.

Martin Shkreli got his first taste of Wall Street as an intern for a hedge fund firm. After striking out on his own, he developed a reputation for aggressive tactics. One of Shkreli's most aggressive moves came when he served as chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals where he raised the price of Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 a pill.

Leonard Larkins and nearly 4,000 other segregated black soldiers helped build a highway across Alaska and Canada during World War II, a contribution largely ignored for decades but drawing attention as the 75th anniversary approaches.

Colombia reached a major milestone on its road to peace Tuesday as leftist rebels relinquished some of their last weapons and declared an end to their half-century insurgency.

Veterans of Foreign War posts – where members could socialize with other veterans – are rapidly closing across the nation as aging members die and younger veterans choose not to join.

When Robert Williams asked for his lab work after a recent VA appointment, he was just curious about his cholesterol. What he discovered instead were the results of an undisclosed drug screening, leading the Navy veteran to protest what he considers a privacy infringement.

The University of Delaware has cut ties with an adjunct professor who suggested that Otto Warmbier, the American student whose death last week after being imprisoned in North Korea drew worldwide attention, was a "clueless white male" who "got exactly what he deserved."

Technology for ballistic and cruise missiles is advancing in countries from North Korea and Iran to Russia and China, increasing potential threats to the U.S. even if they don't carry nuclear warheads, according to a new Pentagon report.

While he was stationed in Singapore, a U.S. Navy commander ate suckling pigs worth $400 apiece, attended a Gucci fashion show with his wife and enjoyed the services of prostitutes — all courtesy of a Malaysian defense contractor, Navy prosecutors alleged Monday.

A man who plotted to shoot hundreds of people on behalf of the Islamic State group received a life sentence Tuesday in a case that prosecutors say illustrates the dangers of Americans radicalized through social media.

The Supreme Court's decision to partially reinstate President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban has left the effort to keep some foreigners out of the United States in a murky middle ground, with unanswered questions and possibly more litigation ahead.

Declaring the U.S. military in dire need of rebuilding, an influential House committee chairman pressed his case Monday for $696 billion defense budget in 2018 — more military spending than at any point during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Senate Republican health care bill would leave 22 million more Americans uninsured in 2026 than under President Barack Obama's health care law, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Monday.

The Supreme Court on Monday left in place an appeals court ruling that upheld the San Diego sheriff's strict limits on issuing permits for concealed weapons.

Boise businessman Ken Arnold had no idea he would change the world when he told reporters in Pendleton he saw nine strange objects flying along the Cascades.

Protestors in orange jumpsuits and black hoods stood outside U.S. Southern Command in 90-degree heat Sunday, holding signs with phrases like “Close Gitmo now” and “I am still waiting for your humanity.”

About 300 people demonstrated outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in Albuquerque on Monday to support an Iraqi refugee they say will face death if he is deported because he helped train U.S. soldiers going to Iraq.

Senate Democrats, whose support is needed to pass more than $1 trillion worth of Cabinet department budgets, are demanding that domestic agencies receive budget increases, not just the Pentagon.

Republican leaders added a penalty for people who've let their insurance lapse Monday as party leaders prepared to begin pushing their health care measure through the Senate, despite a rebellion within GOP ranks.

ANALYSIS

The release of the Senate Republicans’ draft health care measure, coming on the heels of the demise of the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees, provoked a spasm of hard feelings in the chamber and questions about whether senators could restore its now-quaint reputation as the World’s Greatest Deliberative Body.

Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division headquarters are ready and raring to go on their mission to Iraq, the division command team said.

The mother of Philando Castile, a black motorist killed by a Minnesota police officer last year, has reached a nearly $3 million settlement in his death, according to an announcement Monday by her attorneys and the Minneapolis suburb that employed the officer.

Before taking their long summer break, the Supreme Court justices are poised to act on the Trump administration's travel ban and a separation of church and state dispute involving a Missouri church playground.

Studies suggest thousands of students at community colleges nationwide could be considered homeless or precariously housed, either because they have been thrown out of home, evicted, or sleep in a shelter, car or abandoned building.

The legislation would make permanent a two-year exemption issued by the Department of Transportation that allowed states to waive the commercial driver’s license knowledge test for current servicemembers, Reservists and National Guardsmen who meet certain conditions.

Richard Gillespie has been searching for proof of what happened to Amelia Earhart for 28 years. Now is the best opportunity in years, he said, to prove once and for all that his theory about what happened to Earhart is the correct theory.

A SpaceX rocket carried 10 communications satellites into orbit from California on Sunday, two days after the company successfully launched a satellite from Florida.

An organization that was the predecessor to the CIA and special operations forces celebrated its 75th anniversary with an event in Virginia Saturday evening.

Government websites, many of them in Ohio, were hacked Sunday with a message that purports to be supportive of the Islamic State terrorist group.

A group of white nationalists and right-wing activists descended on one of America's greatest venues for political speech Sunday - the area in front of the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial, near where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of his dream - and it was essentially just another day in Washington, D.C.

For weeks, U.S. Sen. Angus King has been telling anyone who’ll listen that the biggest, most worrisome thing about Russian interference in the 2016 election isn’t getting enough attention and has nothing to do with President Trump.

Making a final push, President Donald Trump said he doesn't think congressional Republicans are "that far off" on a health overhaul to replace "the dead carcass of Obamacare."

ANALYSIS

For the first time in nearly two decades, Ramadan has come and gone without the White House recognizing it with an iftar or Eid celebration, as had taken place each year under the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations.

The Vatican remains intensely interested in the Kansas priest’s story of heroism and faith during the Korean War, said Father John Hotze, who has researched Kapaun’s story for the Wichita Diocese of the Catholic church.

The little-known unit, called Detachment A, held various missions during its short-lived history, but the longest-standing was the “stay behind” mission.

There were reports of Unidentified Flying Objects before whatever happened in New Mexico in the summer of 1947 happened. But the Roswell Incident planted the seed out of which today’s fascination with extraterrestrial visitation sprouted.

A nonprofit trying to start an Armed Forces Heritage Museum on the joint military base in Burlington County has changed its plan to educate the public about the state's military history.

Fort Carson's 10th Combat Support Hospital made history this month, becoming the first unit in the Army to convert to a new field hospital design.

The Navy is planning major upgrades at Norfolk Naval Shipyard and its three other public yards involving billions of dollars, as the service seeks to address chronic maintenance problems that have hampered its readiness to fight.

The life of a Utah man who ran a recording studio at his home before he was killed in a high-profile London attack that also injured his wife was celebrated Saturday with the local music he loved.

Authorities in California are investigating two possible hate crimes against Islamic centers in Sacramento and Davis.

While much of the world obsesses about the musings of President Donald Trump, a new market for Obama nostalgia is manifest in the growing number of books, podcasts and TV and film treatments by or involving young veterans from the Obama stable.

The U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command bid farewell to its leader on Saturday during a ceremony at Fort Bragg’s Main Post Parade Field.

The two-week trial of a Colorado Springs Green Beret accused of fatally shooting an intruder in the back came to a close Friday with one juror apparently wearing her sympathies on a T-shirt. Emblazoned on the shirt was the word ARMY.

This week’s All American Legacy Podcast will delve into one of the most visible symbols of the modern paratrooper: the maroon beret.

President Trump appeared to acknowledge that Russia attempted to influence the 2016 presidential election, but only so he could blame former president Barack Obama.

Out-of-town money pouring into South Florida real estate is as old as Henry Flagler. But the tale of Igor Zorin offers a 21st-century twist with all the weirdness modern Miami has to offer: Russian cash, a motorcycle club named after Russia’s powerful special forces and a condo tower branded by Donald Trump.

More than 100 firearms, including modified assault rifles, have been recovered at the home of the Los Angeles police officer accused of having sex with an underage member of the department’s cadet program, deepening concerns about the embattled youth initiative, law enforcement sources said.

On the battlefield, the cavalry scout is considered the commander’s eyes and ears. Scouts are called on when information about the enemy is needed. They are also responsible for reconnaissance and are proficient with various weapons, including explosives and mines.

A technical sergeant has been released from a hospital after an Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 left the runway and flipped over after landing during preparation for an air show in Dayton.

Q & A

Since Donald Trump became president, commentary about his public statements, tweeting habits, predilections and even his personality has become something of a national pastime. Some in the professional psychiatric community have been moved to join in. But should they? Not according to the American Psychiatric Association.

Americans who own guns and those who don’t have starkly differing views about weapons, their role in society and their relationship to crime — disagreements that help explain why the national debate over gun control seldom moves.

When one of the country’s largest accounting firms destroyed thousands of files and emails after the Enron energy giant collapsed in a massive fraud in 2001, federal prosecutors were sure the shredding was a clear case of obstruction of justice.

As the country faces an increasing number of billion-dollar disasters, federal officials are considering scaling back disaster funds with an aim to save taxpayer money and encourage states to prepare for disasters with their own resources. And that has some local officials worried.

A Texas woman told investigators that she left her 2-year-old daughter and 16-month-old son in a hot car where they died last month to teach the girl a lesson and that they didn't lock themselves in, as she initially reported, according to sheriff's officials.

Gallery

The first 100 years of Naval Station Norfolk have witnessed name changes, reorganizations and technological advancements in aviation and sea power. Social forces in the larger community also transformed the military and the faces of sailors and airmen here. As the naval station has grown, at times painfully, so has the community.

After Johnny Depp apologized for making a 'bad' assassination joke, members of President Donald Trump's family chimed in. Lara Trump called the actor's comments "really sick," adding that "The Republican Party is becoming the only party of tolerance here in the United States."

President Donald Trump and his associates have repeatedly tried to draw attention to the relationship between former FBI directors Robert Mueller and James Comey, saying the two have a personal bond that could disqualify Mueller from credibly serving as special counsel in charge of the Russia investigation.

William LeoGrande, an American University professor who specializes in U.S.-Cuba relations, says a provision in President Donald Trump’s new Cuba policy could cut off remittances to more than 1 million Cubans.

ANALYSIS

Employers have complained for years that the nation doesn't have enough skilled workers to fill the jobs of an increasingly technical workforce. Could apprenticeships be part of the answer to the infamous U.S. skills gap?

Opinion

For decades, free-market health-reform advocates have argued that the single best idea for improving U.S. health care is to maximize the number of Americans who can afford to buy health insurance for themselves, instead of having to depend on the government or their employer. The Senate bill transforms the American health insurance landscape in this direction.

The dismissal earlier this month of a bid protest by firearms maker Glock Inc., over a $480 million handgun contract clears the way for the Army to begin using its newest version of a sidearm in more than 20 years.

A tornado that struck in Omaha last week damaged two of the “Doomsday” 747 aircraft that serve as the national command center for the United States in the case of an attack, the Air Force said Friday.

Reality Winner, a 25-year-old Air Force veteran, is under indictment on a charge of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. She is suspected of leaking a classified document about Russia’s efforts to influence last fall’s presidential election.

For decades, very few people in Washington, or elsewhere, knew of the monument's existence. It wasn't a secret so much as something that just never got out — remarkable in a town famous for its leaks.