WASHINGTON: With North Korea, U.S. President Donald Trump puts on the charm. But with Iran, he cranks up the pressure with economic sanctions and a stronger...
WASHINGTON: There was just one problem when U.S. President Donald Trump walked down the stairs of Air Force One and unceremoniously declared that Daesh (ISIS)...
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is closely eyeing efforts in Europe to set up an alternative money payment channel to ease doing business with Iran and...
WASHINGTON: Hundreds of foreign Daesh (ISIS) militants have been captured in Syria, and what to do with them has become a problem for the Trump administration...
WASHINGTON: Shortly after 9/11, the CIA considered using a drug it thought might work like a truth serum and force terror suspects to give up information...
WASHINGTON: Sword dancers. Gleaming palaces. Military jets streaming red, white and blue trails. President Donald Trump soaked up the grandeur of Saudi Arabia...
WASHINGTON: Hey, did my congressman really say that? Is that really President Donald Trump on that video, or am I being duped? New technology on the internet...
WASHINGTON: Whistleblower or traitor, leaker or public hero? National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden blew the lid off U.S. government surveillance...
WASHINGTON: Never-before-seen video of Osama Bin Laden’s son and potential successor was released Wednesday by the CIA in a trove of material recovered during...
WASHINGTON: It’s 3 a.m. when a security guard notices a man taking photographs of the Key Bridge a few kilometers from the White House. There’s been no crime,...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump blasted North Korea after a new report Tuesday said U.S. intelligence has assessed that Pyongyang has successfully produced...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump seemed to blow the lid on the cancellation of a covert CIA program in Syria when he tweeted about it this week. But...
WASHINGTON: A federal contractor has been arrested following the leak of a classified intelligence report that suggests Russian hackers attacked at least one...
CIA Director Mike Pompeo (pahm-PAY'-oh) is denouncing WikiLeaks, calling the anti-secrecy group a "hostile intelligence agency."In his first public speech...
WASHINGTON: After weeks on the defensive, President Donald Trump has stepped up his efforts to dispute and downplay revelations stemming from the...
WASHINGTON: It’s not just who did it, but why. WikiLeaks’ release of nearly 8,000 documents that purportedly reveal secrets about the CIA’s tools for breaking...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. is economically blacklisting five more Russians, including a senior law enforcement official in President Vladimir Putin's...
CIA Director John Brennan said there is no evidence that the Saudi government or senior Saudi officials supported the Sept. 11 attacks. Brennan’s remarks, in...
WASHINGTON: After the political convention confetti is swept away, a more sobering tradition of the presidential election begins: the regular, top-secret...
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is making the case that Iran is drawing down its elite fighting force from Syria in an effort to allay fears that Tehran...
The U.S. Treasury Department is sanctioning two Lebanese men suspected of laundering money for the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. The department targeted...
WASHINGTON: In the fight against ISIS, members of Congress talk tough against extremism, but many want to run for cover when it comes to voting on new war...
WASHINGTON: Senior defense officials said Tuesday that it was "outrageous" that female guards at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are barred from...
WASHINGTON: It's a done deal, yet opponents of the Iran nuclear agreement won't go quietly. The 60-day congressional review period has expired, and...
WASHINGTON: Republicans and Democrats lambasted the Obama administration’s strategy to combat ISIS after a top U.S. general admitted that just a handful of...