Government News
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The acting Navy secretary, Thomas Modly, has resigned after having upbraided the former captain of the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt
April 07, 2020 -
President Trump has removed the inspector general tapped to chair a special oversight board of the $2.2 trillion economic package intended to help businesses and individuals.
April 07, 2020 -
Defense Secretary Mark Esper is defending the firing of a Navy captain who sought help for sailors on his aircraft carrier amid a growing coronavirus outbreak as a case of holding leaders “accountable.”
April 05, 2020 -
President Donald Trump is suggesting that he fired the inspector general for the intelligence community in retaliation for impeachment, saying the official was wrong to provide an anonymous whistleblower complaint to Congress as the law requires
April 05, 2020 -
The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing coronavirus outbreak has been fired
April 03, 2020 -
U.S. Navy officials say nearly 3,000 sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier where the coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship by Friday as military leaders struggle to quarantine crew members in the face of an outbreak
April 02, 2020 -
The Trump administration says it's replacing the acting chief of the National Counterterrorism Center
March 19, 2020 -
The Pentagon's role in responding to the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. is rapidly expanding, with the likely deployment of Navy hospital ships and Army field hospitals
March 18, 2020 -
President Donald Trump is shaking up White House leadership, replacing his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney with Republican Rep. Mark Meadows.
March 06, 2020 -
President Donald Trump has signed an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. Trump had planned to sign the bill during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, according to Vice President Mike Pence
March 06, 2020 -
The Justice Department said a linguist working for the U.S. military kept a list of secret informants hidden her mattress and has been charged with sharing the names with a romantic interest linked to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
March 04, 2020 -
The U.S. Navy wants to create a naval community college to provide associate's degrees to tens of thousands of young sailors and Marines at no cost to them.
March 02, 2020 -
President Donald Trump has picked Rep. John Ratcliffe again to be the nation's top intelligence official
February 28, 2020 -
The president earlier nominated the Republican congressman to be the director of national intelligence but abruptly withdrew his name amid questions about Ratcliffe’s qualifications.
February 28, 2020 -
The Transportation Security Administration said it won't allow employees to use the China-owned video app TikTok to create social media posts for the agency after the Senate’s top Democrat raised concerns about potential national security issues.
February 23, 2020