U.S. fighter jets scrambled to track Russia spy plane for 4th time in week
Russian military presence in the Arctic north What’s behind Moscow’s growing interest in the Arctic north? 04:12 The United States military scrambled fighter jets again Tuesday to track another Russian…
Pentagon reductions set back critical AI-data platform
Personnel cuts are crippling progress on Advana, a Pentagon data platform that has been widely used in recent years to accelerate functions from logistics to finance to readiness—and which is…
Venezuela deploys warships as U.S. destroyers loom off coast
Venezuela on Tuesday deployed warships and drones to patrol the country’s coastline after the United States dispatched three destroyers to the region to pressure strongman President Nicolas Maduro. In a…
Trump officials may tell probationary employees that they were fired for cause, actually
The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to toss rulings that found its mass firings of recently hired and promoted federal employees unlawful, arguing that the judicial orders…
UK ‘agreed to drop’ demand that Apple install an encryption backdoor, DNI says
The United Kingdom has dropped its push to require that tech giant Apple provide the country’s security officials with backdoor access to users’ encrypted iCloud backups, Director of National Intelligence…
Forrest Hayes case: Kiss of Death and the Google Exec
Produced by Allen Alter and Patti Aronofsky [This story previously aired on May 26, 2015. It was updated on July 30, 2016.] When he’s not out looking for the big…
School Shooting Tracker: Counting school shootings since 2013
This tracker will be an ongoing effort to identify and contextualize shootings in all types of schools from kindergarten to college, across the U.S. The tracker focuses on the segment…
The case against Kilmar Ábrego García is a study in sadistic absurdity | Moira Donegan
In a way, you could think of the brief stint that Kilmar Ábrego García spent in a Tennessee jail after his return from a Salvadorian prison camp in June as…
The D Brief: USAF chief to leave; GOP states send Guard to DC; WH meeting on Ukraine; Navy’s PAO cuts; And a bit more.
In a surprise, USAF chief announces upcoming retirement. Gen. David Allvin, a few months shy of halfway through his expected four-year term as Air Force chief of staff, has announced…
14 arrested in $10 million Southern California Home Depot theft ring
An organized retail theft ring responsible for over $10 million in stolen merchandise from Southern California Home Depot stores has been busted in what the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department is…















