44 articles in the National Security category.
By Tommy Flynn
Federal agents arrested an 18-year-old Minnesota man Tuesday after he paid cash for a rifle he told an undercover employee he would use to kill dozens of people at the Mall of America. The criminal complaint identifies him as Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, a U.S. citizen of...
By Tommy Flynn
President Donald Trump went to Sparrows Point on Tuesday to announce Arsenal-2, an Anduril Industries shipyard on the former Bethlehem Steel site that will build components for the Navy’s Virginia-class attack submarines. Anduril is putting $3.7 billion of private capital into...
By Tommy Flynn
President Trump Approves Army Firing Squad for Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan President Donald Trump has approved a U.S. Army firing squad for Nidal Malik Hasan, the former Army major convicted of the Nov. 5, 2009, mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, the Pentagon said Monday...
By Tommy Flynn
The Pentagon said Sunday that every U.S. bomber stationed at RAF Fairford has left the Gloucestershire base and returned to home stations in the United States, a week after British police broke up a suspected plot at the field used to strike Iran. A Pentagon spokesperson said...
By Tommy Flynn
A Pentagon personnel database breach exposed Social Security numbers and employment information for 2.76 million living U.S. military and civilian personnel and 294,000 deceased individuals, a Pentagon official confirmed to Fox News. Unauthorized users reached unencrypted files...
By Tommy Flynn
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a Sept. 22 memorandum directing U.S. Cyber Command, the National Security Agency, and other Pentagon intelligence agencies to identify, disrupt, and neutralize foreign interference in the November midterms. The one-page order was made public...
By Tommy Flynn
Five British men arrested near RAF Fairford on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offenses were released on police bail Monday afternoon, Counter Terrorism Policing announced. Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said the decision followed “extensive interviews and...
By Tommy Flynn
President Trump confirmed he hosted Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for a private White House dinner Sunday night, their first one-on-one meeting after months of public friction over AI safety, military use, and regulation. Trump told reporters after landing at Joint Base Andrews...
By Tommy Flynn
British counterterrorism police said Sunday they are leading an investigation after five men were arrested near RAF Fairford, a Gloucestershire air base used by the U.S. Air Force for strikes on Iran. The men were first held on suspicion of Explosives Act offenses, then further...
By Tommy Flynn
The Army Reserve asked subordinate commands this week whether military police, medical, engineer, and logistics formations could be made available to U.S. Southern Command within 90 to 120 days, according to an internal message reviewed by CBS News. Commands were told to reply...
By Tommy Flynn
Denmark’s Defence Intelligence Service said Thursday that Russia is likely to intensify hybrid attacks on the West in the coming months and that there is a “low but growing risk” of a limited military attack on one or more NATO countries that border Russia. A full-scale invasion...
By Tommy Flynn
Latin American drug cartels are making “alarming” advances with explosive drones, and the shift is being fueled by fighters returning from the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a U.S. assessment described to The Washington Post on Tuesday. A U.S. official familiar with the...