U.S. stocks are ticking higher Wednesday after the U.S. Treasury Department said it will buy more U.S. government bonds in a move that eased pressure on financial markets worldwide. Strong profit reports for the spring from Estee Lauder, Target and ...
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Federal prosecutors issued arrest warrants for six former and current Metropolitan Police Department workers accused of fraudulently claiming overtime and bilking taxpayers out of almost half a million dollars.
Visitors found a jawbone and other human remains on a beach at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, uncovered due to record-low water levels.
The Pentagon is rewriting its nuclear weapons guidance to give the president more options in a crisis. One official's biggest fear: a regional war that spirals into nuclear conflict.
The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed new rules that would limit illegal immigrants' ability to apply for some refundable tax credits.
Trump-endorsed Sen. Darline Graham is facing questions about her readiness to serve a six-year term after admitting in a South Carolina GOP Senate debate that she's "not that informed," about national security.
The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is forcing Middle East nations to explore new routes for critical oil exports, easing the global supply crunch and reducing Iran's ability to use the waterway as a source of leverage.
The Army is looking for a defense contractor that can manufacture thousands of ground-launched rockets a year over the next decade, amid reports of dwindling stockpiles of critical munitions.
NATO said Wednesday it is prepared to defend all of its members against attacks by Iran after reports suggested Tehran was considering striking U.S. military targets in Europe.
Hanwha Defense USA won a major Army contract to build mobile howitzer prototypes for the Army's Mobile Tactical Cannon program, the company announced Tuesday, putting the firm at the center of the U.S. military's artillery modernization push.