27+ min ago  (545+ words) Rep. Thomas H. Kean Jr. , who returned to Capitol Hill this week after a four-month absence due to depression, has introduced a bill to strengthen enforcement of federal mental health parity laws. Mr. Kean said he has long championed mental health…...

35+ min ago  (454+ words) A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that 19 intelligence community employees fired because they were doing diversity, equity and inclusion jobs must be given a chance to apply for other posts. The 4th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the directors of the…...

43+ min ago  (294+ words) German prosecutors on Wednesday charged a former Ukrainian army officer with being part of a military operation in 2022 that sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines shipping natural gas from Russia to Western Europe. The suspect, identified under German privacy laws as…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (563+ words) Hannah Dugan, the former Wisconsin judge convicted of trying to thwart ICE's attempt to arrest an illegal immigrant in her courtroom, begged for mercy this week, saying she shouldn't serve any jail time because she has suffered enough. But Dugan,…...

52+ min ago  (1440+ words) The DC-Metro region is baking. With the thermometer expected to top 100 F across Washington, Northern Virginia, and the Maryland suburbs this week, "beating the heat" has gone from a nice-to-have to a daily survival project. The good news: you don't…...

1+ hour, 34+ min ago  (1704+ words) Americans created airplanes, computer chips, the internet and automobile assembly lines over 250 years of industry " but they've also invented unheralded gems such as refrigerators, barcodes, washing machines and Doppler radar. Historians say Saturday's anniversary of the country's founding offers a…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago  (527+ words) The Pentagon is moving nearly every unmanned and autonomous systems program into a new office, in a bid to catch up in a global production race the U. S. is currently losing by volume. In a Wednesday announcement, the Pentagon said the…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago  (215+ words) Washington Times Prosecutions are up and crime is down: U. S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on public safety in D. C. LISTEN: Threat Status podcast How the U. S. can fix shipbuilding and dominate autonomy WATCH: "Defiant Ones" launches at The Washington Times Shari Rigby joins Billy…...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago  (407+ words) A new electronic warfare system called Meadowlands is now operational and capable of disrupting enemy satellites, the Space Force announced Friday. The force's Combat Forces Command deployed the new system June 8, describing the jammer as a significant new military capability…...

2+ hour, 40+ min ago  (917+ words) KYIV, Ukraine " Russia hammered Kyiv in an 11-hour drone and missile attack overnight into Thursday morning, killing at least 18 civilians in the city and injuring scores more in what Moscow said was retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities....