DEFCON Levels DEFCON, short for Defense Readiness Condition or simply Defense Condition, is the U.S. military’s ranking system for defense...
Air Force, Congressional Focus Grows in Ongoing Missileer Cancer Study Investigations into potential toxic exposures of those who work with America's nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles...
North Korean Leader Kim Inspects Nuclear Facility as Pyongyang Pressures Trump Administration North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country’s...
China Has Expanded its Nuclear Force and Strengthened Ties to Russia, the Pentagon Says A Pentagon report says China is expanding its nuclear force, has increased military pressure against Taiwan and has...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
