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FBI Says It Thwarted A Planned Terrorist Attack By A Military Vet in Los Angeles Area
A man discussed online his desire to avenge the New Zealand mosque attacks and professed to be inspired by martyrdom. -
Trump Moves To Withdraw U.S. From U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
"We will never surrender America's sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable, global bureaucracy," President Trump said. He announced the move at the NRA's annual convention. -
Defining What's Excessive In Police Property Seizures Remains Tricky
The Supreme Court ruled that seizing a $42,000 Land Rover was an "excessive fine" in a recent landmark decision on civil asset forfeiture. Future rulings will have to further define that term. -
Trump's Plan To Zap Incoming Missiles With Lasers Is Back To The Future
The president's 2020 budget plan calls for studying space-based energy weapons as a way to stop warheads. Critics say it didn't work with the "Star Wars" program in the 1980s and it won't work now. -
U.S. Strips Visa From Intl. Criminal Court Prosecutor Pursuing War-Crime Inquiry
International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's office has previously said it found reasonable basis to believe U.S. personnel "committed acts of torture" and other crimes. -
Official: Trump Team Overruled 25 Security Clearance Denials
Reports indicate dozens of officials whose security clearances were initially denied because of disqualifying factors such as drug use, foreign influence, or criminal conduct, got those clearances anyway after the Trump administration overruled the denials. -
2 American Service Members Killed In Afghanistan
About 14,000 U.S. troops are in Afghanistan. U.S. representatives have been negotiating a peace deal with the Taliban and President Trump has said he wants to cut down the U.S. presence there. -
What You Need To Know About Security Clearances, Inside And Outside The White House
Millions of government workers and contractors hold government clearances, and the president can grant them to anyone he wants — even, as one expert said, Russian President Vladimir Putin. -
U.S. Offers $1 Million For Info Leading To Son Of Bin Laden
The State Department says Hamza bin Laden is a leader of al-Qaida, and is eager to get revenge for the death of his father, Osama. -
Trump Officials Tried To Rush Nuclear Technology To Saudis, House Panel Finds
Whistleblowers told the Oversight Committee that efforts by some national security officials to try to transfer sensitive nuclear technology to the Saudi government potentially violated the law.