Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that the Defense Department has “taken precautions” following Friday’s shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida by ordering bases to review their security measures.

Federal authorities are investigating a cyberattack on the city of Pensacola, Fla., home of the naval air station where a Saudi flight student killed three sailors and wounded eight others on Friday.

The FBI was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia and did not act with political bias, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog declared Monday, undercutting President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that he has merely been the target of a “witch hunt.”

Pfc. Paul W. Shrewsbury of the United States Army, 1st Cavalry Division, died March 11, 1969. The Army sent his mother’s last letter to him back.

Top House lawyers sparred with lawmakers and each other in an acrimonious hearing Monday over the impeachment case against President Donald Trump as Democrats prepare formal charges.

Wilfred K. Hussey Jr., the football-playing son of a University of Hawaii football-playing father, volunteered for the Army in July 1949 a month after graduating from Hilo High School.

The Justice Department’s internal watchdog will release a highly anticipated report Monday that is expected to reject President Donald Trump’s claims that the Russia investigation was illegitimate and tainted by political bias from FBI leaders. But it also is expected to document errors during the investigation that might animate Trump supporters.

House Democrats have reached a tentative agreement with labor leaders and the White House over a rewriting of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal that has been a top priority for President Donald Trump, according to a Democratic aide not authorized to discuss the talks who was granted anonymity.

Seaman Mohammed Haitham had been looking forward to graduating from flight school this month, his mother said.

Executives from Amazon and Microsoft criticized their Silicon Valley peers for allegedly failing to supply the most advanced technology to the military, arguing closer collaboration is needed to sustain U.S. dominance over autocratic foreign governments.

Paul A. Volcker, the powerful Federal Reserve chairman whose grit and determination helped break the back of inflation in the early 1980s and put the American economy on a path to extended growth, has died. He was 92.

Sunday's event featured a genuinely unique event for the Kennedy Center as Big Bird walked the red carpet along with fellow "Sesame Street" characters Bert and Ernie, Abby and Cookie Monster, accompanied by their respective humans.

George Joseph Laurer, who revolutionized check-out lines across the world by creating the universal bar code, died earlier this month at his home in Wendell. He was 94.

The stealth fighter joins an F-14 fighter as part of a permanent display about Reagan's efforts to strengthen the nation's defenses.

René Auberjonois, a prolific actor best known for his roles on the television shows “Benson” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and his part in the 1970 film “M*A*S*H” playing Father Mulcahy, has died. He was 79.

Fresh out of boot camp, Cameron Walters proudly told his father in Georgia during their nightly video chat that he had passed the exam qualifying him to stand watch and to help secure building entrances at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida.

Analysis

Three years into Donald Trump’s presidency, America’s global influence is waning. In interviews with The Associated Press, diplomats, foreign officials and scholars from numerous countries describe a changing world order in which the U.S. has less of a central role.

Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who gave life to Big Bird, the towering, yellow avian of TV’s “Sesame Street” who accompanied generations of youngsters in the arduous, yet wondrous, work of growing up, died Sunday at his home in Connecticut. An Air Force veteran, he was 85.

Authorities believe the gunman made social media posts criticizing the U.S. under a user handle similar to his name, but federal law enforcement officials are investigating whether he authored the words or just posted them.

The Danish Atlantic Council says it has canceled a U.S. government-sponsored seminar on NATO and transatlantic relations after the U.S. Embassy in Denmark allegedly banned an American academic known for being critical of President Donald Trump from speaking there.

For about three months, Heather Collins and her husband, Don, have been on a journey to identify the burial sites and tell the stories of every soldier from Morgan County killed in the Vietnam War.

About 250,000 wreaths on 10 tractor-trailers are headed to the cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, where they will be placed on headstones on Saturday, Dec.14.

Since the end of World War II, the Pentagon, the defense industry and others have championed these programs as a crucial way to cultivate allies, boost military partnerships and maintain reliable channels for U.S. arms sales.

Amazon said the new office will open in 2021 and will house employees from its consumer and advertisement teams.

Previewing potential articles of impeachment, the House Democrats on Saturday issued a lengthy report drawing on history and the Founding Fathers to lay out the legal argument over the case against President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine.

Top U.S. defense and military officials on Saturday reaffirmed America’s continued commitment to and relationship with Saudi Arabia after a Saudi air force student’s deadly attack at a Navy base in Florida.

Caroline Kennedy smashed a bottle across the USS John Kennedy carrier’s hull Saturday at the shipyard in Newport News, Va. She is the sponsor of her father’s namesake ship.

Then-Brig. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower awoke to an urgent call from military higher-ups informing him of the news from Pearl Harbor. Four hectic, harried days after that, Eisenhower received another call - this one demanding he "hop a plane" and travel to Washington to develop the U.S. response to Japanese aggression.

North Korea said Saturday that denuclearization has “already gone out of the negotiation table” and it does not need to have lengthy talks with the U.S. as the end-of-year deadline set by its leader, Kim Jong Un, for substantial U.S. concessions in nuclear diplomacy looms.

For a generation of Chicagoans, their opinion of what happened in 1969 when Chicago police raided the West Side apartment of Black Panther Party members depended greatly on what neighborhood they called home.

The United States will not classify Mexican drug cartels as international terrorist organizations — at least for now. President Donald Trump tweeted Friday afternoon that he was holding off on the designation at the request of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

It's a Friday morning and, as at any other school, children are cutting paper, drawing, reading aloud and playing with friends. Their teacher patiently arranges desks and gives instructions. What's unusual is the setting: the inside of a passenger bus that has been converted into a classroom.

"Making Marvels" exhibition brings together opulent displays of wealth and innovation in the old courts of the continent.

Analysis

People can look back to the two previous impeachment proceedings of modern times - those involving Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton - and attempt to speculate about the possible political impacts. Those limited data points point in contradictory directions.

Joshua Watson had just graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and looked forward to a military career as a pilot. On Saturday, he was being hailed a hero, as his family recounted how the 23-year-old — in his last minutes of life — led first responders to an active shooter at Naval Air Station Pensacola.

Officials investigating the deadly attack were working Saturday to determine whether it was motivated by terrorism, while President Donald Trump indicated he would review policies governing foreign military training in the United States.

Besides the lines on his face, there was little about retired Col. Charles McGee that suggested he could now be called a centenarian. He had a spring in his step and handled the questions from reporters without missing a beat.

The Guard identified the men who were killed in Thursday’s crash as Chief Warrant Officers 2nd Class James A. Rogers Jr., 28, and Charles P. Nord, 30, and Sgt. Kort M. Plantenberg, 28.

A shooting at a U.S. military base in Florida by a Saudi military student has prompted questions about how the U.S. government scrutinizes candidates for military exchange programs as the Pentagon highlighted the layers of screening already in place.

The company in charge of privatized military housing projects on Fort Meade, Md., has been accused of retaliating against service members who complained of poor conditions there, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post.

The Federal Aviation Administration proposed a rare $3.9 million civil penalty against Boeing on Friday, alleging the company "knowingly submitted aircraft" to the agency for safety certification even after learning that crucial wing components "could not be used due to a failed strength test."

Florida UPS employee Frank Ordonez was killed in a shootout between police and robbery suspects after his truck was hijacked, his family told news media Friday.

President Donald Trump on Friday turned to the Supreme Court for the third time in an effort to prevent disclosure of his financial records. And, in an order issued Friday evening by Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the high court granted Trump's emergency request submitted earlier in the day.

As a pilot with the Minnesota National Guard, Charlie Nord couldn't believe he was lucky enough to fly helicopters. "Charlie was excited to be that person who everyone looked up to," said one friend.

Pacific Gas and Electric says it has reached a $13.5 billion settlement that will resolve all major claims related to devastating wildfires blamed on its outdated equipment and negligence.

As a Pearl Harbor survivor, John Campbell calls himself "a dying breed." But he doesn't worry too much about what it means – what will be lost – when the last of his kind is gone.

It's been 78 years since Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, but Walter Pasiak still recalls the confusion and sense of helplessness he felt. He was a 19-year-old Army private when the first bombs exploded a fuel storage tank on Dec. 7, 1941.

The screaming whine of Japanese dive bombers, the fearsome thunder of enemy Zeros strafing scattering servicemen, pushed Hy Seiden to his feet and out of his tent at Fort Kamehameha, an Army base adjacent to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Breakfast would have to wait. It was Dec. 7, 1941, and the world was about to change forever.

Seventy-eight years ago today, Lydia "Diane" Grant woke to the sound of a machine gun bullet smashing the wall above her bed. But disturbed sleep was the most minor casualty that day. The Japanese were attacking Pearl Harbor.

Some 4,500 plaintiffs retained attorneys to sue MGM Resorts International, Mandalay Bay's parent company, citing the hotel's lax security as the reason Stephen Paddock was able to bring 23 guns up to his suite and commit the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

The numbers continue to dwindle. Colorado Springs native Donald Stratton is one of them. On Saturday, the 78th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, he will watch a live stream of Bruner's ashes being interred on the sunken remains of the Arizona.

About 75,000 Tricare customers were overcharged for monthly premiums on Thursday, in some cases 100 times more than the actual amount owed.

Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, a member of the Saudi Arabian air force, opened fire Friday morning in a classroom building at the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., killing three and injuring several others, according to local and law enforcement officials.

Evidence during his trial showed that Edward Kumi Anguah conspired with foreign nationals to engage in fraudulent marriages with soldiers, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

A Fighting Falcon pilot from the 8th Fighter Wing suffered minor injuries when he ejected during a landing after a routine sortie on Monday.

An abbreviation for the phrase, "God forgives, brothers don't," the letters GFBD have appeared for several years on a rally flag carried into games by the Black Knights.

Congressional lawmakers and the White House are on the verge of reaching a sweeping agreement that would extend 12 weeks of paid parental leave to federal workers in exchange for making "Space Force" the sixth branch of the U.S military, according to four people with knowledge of the tentative deal.

Three military families — one after the other — moved into the same home at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, only to be forced out by the same sewage problems.

The United States is offering a $15 million reward for information on Abdul Reza Shahlai, a top Iranian commander who allegedly planned attacks against U.S. and allied forces, including a 2007 raid in Iraq that killed five American soldiers.

The Pentagon will not send 14,000 new U.S. troops to the Middle East, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday, a day after a senior Defense Department official told lawmakers that more military forces could deploy to the region to counter Iran.

The U.S. Postal Service has unveiled a new charity stamp that raises money for military veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder.

At a time when researching family history is booming, the nation's immigration and citizenship agency has proposed dramatically hiking fees to access records from the first half of the 20th century.

A discharged veteran who reaped monetary benefits for faking a mental health condition triggered by a combat experience that did not occur — and who falsely claimed to have earned a Silver Star and a Purple Heart — entered a guilty plea in federal court Wednesday for his crimes

A New Hampshire Army National Guard aviation unit is getting ready to head to Afghanistan. A deployment ceremony is scheduled Saturday for the guard's Operational Support Airlift, Detachment 18, in Concord.

The Supreme Court on Friday blocked the Trump administration from restarting federal executions next week after a 16-year break.

A five-member team from Fort Rucker, Alabama, was expected to arrive Friday to begin the work of determining why the Black Hawk crashed in a farm field Thursday during a routine maintenance test flight. It went down about 15 miles southwest of St. Cloud, in central Minnesota.

President Donald Trump intends to nominate retired two-star admiral James McPherson to be the next Army undersecretary, the White House said Thursday.

Three people have been fired and 34 suspended after a photo surfaced of a West Virginia corrections officer trainee class giving what appears to be the Nazi salute, officials said Friday.

Reports this week that U.S. Customs and Border Protection wanted to expand airport facial screening to U.S. citizens drew immediate outcry from privacy advocates and lawmakers.

Four people, including a UPS driver, were killed Thursday after robbers stole the driver’s truck and led police on a chase that ended in gunfire at a busy South Florida intersection during rush hour, the FBI said.

Hiring in the United States jumped last month to its highest level since January as U.S. employers shrugged off trade conflicts and a global slowdown and added 266,000 jobs.

Army and Air Force Exchange Service overseas customers who ordered online in recent months from exchange fast food restaurants could see batches of late charges turning up on their credit cards.

A Black Hawk helicopter with three crew members aboard crashed Thursday in central Minnesota, a state National Guard official said.

Richard C. Taylor of Balfour Beatty Communities, which manages housing on military bases, told lawmakers Thursday that the company fired 17 employees and is cooperating with a federal investigation into allegations that workers altered paperwork to receive financial bonuses from the Defense Department.

A defense vehicle manufacturer has been accused by one of its former employees of bilking the Pentagon of $1.3 billion by vastly overcharging the Marine Corps for components of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles used by troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A nearly $1 billion contract to develop a hypersonic missile for the U.S. Army could help Lockheed Martin meet its goal of adding 1,000 workers in Central Florida by 2023.

Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, introduced the Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of 2019, which would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct an independent, expert study on VA patients who died by suicide or from a drug overdose during the past five years.

The Defense Department will add new technology for breast cancer screenings to its Tricare coverage after female veterans in Congress pushed the Pentagon to make it available to active-duty service members, retirees and their families.

The changes will affect more than half of all Navy job fields. Factors that impacted the changes to tour lengths included initial training, available duty billets and retention, the Navy said.

Lance Cpl. Alexa Barth is the only woman accepted into the basic reconnaissance course since the Pentagon lifted a ban on women in combat roles in January 2013.

The military has made strides to improve personal protective gear for female service members, but a Defense Department report issued in 2018 again recommended the defense secretary get all military branches to issue gender-appropriate protective equipment to women for training and operational use.

Until now, the brown fleece cap has mostly been for the Marine Corps and Navy, while soldiers were only allowed to wear the black fleece cap, which was introduced four years ago alongside the new camouflage and physical training uniforms.

Nine people were hurt, including one critically, when a U.S. Coast Guard vessel collided with a U.S. Navy boat off Alaska's Kodiak Island.

It is unclear whether the sailor who fired the shots knew the victims or if they were randomly targeted. One surviving victim is at a hospital in stable condition, an official said.

In determining the best way to get out of living conditions they deem unsafe, some military families are seeking legal remedies. At least three multifamily lawsuits have been filed in federal court against private companies that manage military base housing.

An indoor ski slope that has been the most visible feature of the long-delayed American Dream megamall in New Jersey for more than a decade has finally opened.

A House committee on Thursday passed a bill aimed at tackling the suicide epidemic plaguing the veterans and military community, after months of bickering between Democrats, Republicans and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Congress took interest in the issues affecting on-base military housing following a Reuters news agency report published a year ago highlighting a slew of problems ranging from mold to lead paint exposure.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown said he will co-sponsor legislation that would modify the presumption of a service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the U.S. armed forces in Thailand during the Vietnam War.

Last May, relief seemed imminent for Becky Welch from tax legislation that created a financial burden for Welch and thousands of other Gold Star families who've had loved ones die while serving in the military. Six months later, nothing has changed.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff approved the medal for service members who directly contributed to humanitarian and disaster relief operations in Guam and the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands after they were struck by Typhoon Mangkhut and Typhoon Yutu.

As the year comes to a close, the fate of multiple big-ticket issues including health care and education benefits impacting thousands of service members and veterans remain uncertain with only a few legislative days left and federal employees eyeing Christmas vacation.

The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security on Wednesday called for an investigation into a $400 million border wall contract awarded this week to North Dakota-based Fisher Sand and Gravel, a company President Donald Trump personally urged military officials to hire.