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“It’s frustrating and it angers me to think this is what this great committee has come to be. I’m embarrassed today to be on the Veterans Affairs committee,” said Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., the ranking Republican on the committee. “I could care less what your political party is when it comes to veterans issues."

Newport News Shipbuilding turned on the faucets in a big way Tuesday, flooding the dry dock where the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy has been undergoing construction.

A body was found floating in the water Tuesday morning at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, according to a statement from the shipyard.

The overnight attack came as Iraqis took to the streets for a fifth straight day after a hiatus in the demonstrations that began earlier this month to protest government corruption, a lack of jobs and municipal services, and other grievances.

British health officials said a “very small number of ticks” with tick-borne encephalitis were found at two locations in England, including Thetford Forest, which lies just across from RAF Lakenheath.

Two U.S. B-52 heavy bombers made a rare training flight with the Air Self-Defense Force over the Sea of Japan last week in a mission that likely comes in response to a spate of North Korean short-range missile tests during the past several months.

The Remote Combat Effects Campaign medal is part of an effort to better recognize the combat contributions of airmen who are not deployed, the Air Force said in a statement announcing the award’s criteria Monday.

The Pentagon has agreed to purchase hundreds more F-35 Lightning II aircraft from Lockheed Martin for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and international partner nations even as a shortage of spare parts have kept the fighter jets from achieving combat readiness goals.

An obscure agency with outsized sway over federal spending is at the center of the House’s impeachment inquiry into an alleged “quid pro quo” orchestrated by President Donald Trump trading domestic political aid for security assistance against a common foe.

We cannot trust our foreign policy to amateurs.

There is, perhaps, no greater sign of just how far the movement to forgive the nation’s $1.5 trillion in student loan debt has come than the fact that a Trump Education Department official is now jumping on the bandwagon.

The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford has passed the halfway point of sea trials, running at full throttle and tracking simulated targets in exercises somewhere in the Atlantic. The future USS John F. Kennedy will hit the water Tuesday.

Japanese police have arrested four sailors with Naval Special Warfare Command visiting from Hawaii over the weekend on suspicion of causing a drunken disturbance and then fleeing the scene.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Lamont Jessie will argue in the military’s top court that a prison policy preventing him from contact with his own children violated constitutional protections of freedom of association and his right not to incriminate himself.

A powerful earthquake shook the southern Philippines on Tuesday, killing one person, injuring dozens and sending people dashing out of homes and buildings.

In its announcement, the Pentagon said all bidders had been treated "fairly and consistently," pointing out that the procurement strategy for its lucrative JEDI cloud computing contract has already survived two bid protests and a lawsuit.

The agency said it received more than 140,000 comments on its proposed changes, which included opening the door to charging protest organizers for such services as erecting and taking down barricades, trash removal and repairing harm to the grounds where protests occurred.

At Fort Hood, the vice president will observe a training exercise, participate in a roundtable discussion on veteran transition issues, and deliver remarks to U.S. Army uniformed and civilian personnel.

Speaking Sunday to the Arizona Republic, Kayla Mueller's parents praised Donald Trump's handling of the raid and expressed hope that they would one day find out more about what happened to their daughter.

The daring raid was the culmination of years of steady intelligence-gathering work — and 48 hours of hurry-up planning once Washington got word that al-Baghdadi would be at a compound in northwestern Syria.

National Guard members are primarily supporting law enforcement and helping with traffic in the Sonoma area, where about 180,000 people face evacuation orders. The Guard also has aircraft prepared to make medical evacuations if needed.

Brandon Ray Gonzales, 23, of Greenville, Texas, was taken into custody less than 48 hours after Saturday's shooting, Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks said.

Two demonstrators at Sunday’s World Series game greeted President Donald Trump with two large “Veterans for Impeachment” banners behind home plate in near-perfect view of television cameras.