Pressure mounts for Matt Gaetz congressional ethics report release

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, came under increasing scrutiny on Thursday, as a top Republican lawmaker said he "absolutely" wants to review an unreleased ...

US indicts suspected leaker of classified documents on Israel's plans to strike Iran

A U.S. government employee has been indicted for leaking classified national defense information, according to federal court records unsealed on Wednesday. Tap for the full brief.

Trump's team drafting list of Pentagon officers to fire, sources say

Members of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team are drawing up a list of military officers to be fired, potentially to include the Joint Chiefs of Staff, two sources said, in what would b...

Trump picks former Democratic congresswoman Gabbard as director of national intelligence

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday chose Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman and an outspoken critic of the Biden administration's foreign policy, to become his director of...

Israel says it attacks Hezbollah arms smuggling routes in Syria

An Israeli attack targeted the area of Qusayr in the southern countryside of Homs province in central Syria, Syria's state media said on Wednesday. Tap for the full brief.

Ukraine says it repelled Russian advance on Kupiansk

Ukraine's military said on Thursday its troops were in full control of the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kupiansk and that their forces had stopped a Russian advance towards the railway hub. Tap f...

Beirut bombing victims' $1.68B Iran judgment overturned by US appeals court

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday threw out a $1.68 billion judgment against Iran's central bank that had been won by family members of troops killed and injured in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Mar...

Russia’s Shoigu visits China’s Zhuhai air show on final trade day

The trade portion of China's largest air show in Zhuhai wrapped up on a rainy Thursday, with the secretary of Russia's Security Council visiting days after the Russian-made Su-57 stealth jet flew i...

Turkey and Qatar sign agreements on trade, military

Turkey and Qatar signed a series of agreements on Thursday ranging from trade facilitation to military and technical cooperation during Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani's visit to Presi...

Parody website The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars out of bankruptcy

The parody website The Onion conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars brand and website in a bankruptcy auction, according to court documents filed Thursday. Tap for the full brief.

US says Israel not impeding assistance to Gaza, aid groups slam statement

President Joe Biden's administration has concluded that Israel is not currently impeding assistance to Gaza and therefore is not violating U.S. law, the State Department said on Tuesday, even as Wa...

Trump says he will nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has picked as his secretary of defense Pete Hegseth, a Fox News commentator and veteran who has expressed disdain for the so-called "woke" polic...

North Korean troops actively fighting alongside Russians, US State Dept says

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Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in US prison

Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years in prison for leaking online highly classified U.S. military documents, including some related to Russia's...

US Air Force to retire A-10 attack aircraft in SKorea by fiscal year 2025

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