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New: The Pentagon is sending 1,500 service members to the country’s southern border in the first of what will be several waves of troops that could rise to 10,000 in the coming weeks. That first batch is expected to include 1,000 soldiers…

Extremist groups—particularly in Europe—are increasingly turning to crypto currencies to fund their activities and gather support, according to a new report that also shows that increased reliance on crypto currencies allows monitors to…

Fulfilling a campaign promise by the now-commander in chief, the U.S. military is sending 1,500 more troops to the southwest border, the first of what Pentagon leaders anticipate will be “many additional missions.”Those troops—1,000…

The Trump administration has asked the three Democrats serving on an independent oversight panel that probes the intelligence community’s infringements into civil liberties to step down, according to a person familiar with the matter.The…

The Trump administration is planning to lay off all federal employees who worked in a diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility office as of this past Election Day and has instructed agencies to immediately place such workers on paid…

The Coast Guard’s acting commandant just ordered a “surge” of assets in response to Trump’s border-focused executive orders. Equipment and units include “cutters, aircraft, boats and deployable specialized forces” dispatched to certain “key…

Oracle, OpenAI, and investors in Japan and the UAE have launched a $100 billion effort to build data centers to run AI applications, an indication of how the U.S.-China race for artificial intelligence is beginning to turn on sheer…

Updated: Jan. 21, 8:27 p.m. ETThe Department of Homeland Security has dismissed the members of its advisory committees—including the Cyber Safety Review Board, which investigates major cybersecurity incidents—as part of a…

On Monday, President Donald Trump rescinded an executive order put in place during the early days of the Biden administration that broadened protections for trans people’s right to serve in the U.S. military. The repeal does not put…

Homeland Security officials with the new Trump administration have fired Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan, who in 2022 became the first woman to lead a U.S. military branch. The termination was first reported by Fox News on…