Trudeau offers condolences over Vegas shootings
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the shootings in Las Vegas (all times local): 6 p.m. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has offered condolences to President Donald Trump...
View ArticleCIA Director says more agents being sent into field
WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director Mike Pompeo on Wednesday outlined his vision for more aggressive intelligence work around the world, saying he’s sending more spies to the field and moving...
View ArticleFBI releases new details on Sandy Hook shooting investigation
NEWTOWN, CT (CBS News) — The FBI has released more than 1,500 pages documents on the investigation into the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 26...
View ArticleUnanswered questions about the Niger ambush as top general urges patience
Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday that he wants to wait for the results of the full investigation into the ambush in Niger that killed four U.S. soldiers...
View ArticleJFK files release is Trump’s latest clash with spy agencies
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a showdown 25 years in the making: With the world itching to finally get a look at classified Kennedy assassination files, and the deadline for their release just hours away,...
View ArticleLatest JFK files say no evidence found of CIA link to Oswald
WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly released government documents regarding John F. Kennedy’s assassination say allegations that Lee Harvey Oswald was connected to the CIA were “totally unfounded.” A 1975 CIA...
View ArticleTrump weighs plan to replace Tillerson with CIA’s Pompeo
By JILL COLVIN and JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is discussing a plan to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo in a...
View ArticleTrump replaces Tillerson with Pompeo in dramatic shakeup
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unceremoniously dumped Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by tweet on Tuesday and picked CIA Director Mike Pompeo to take his place, abruptly ending Tillerson’s...
View ArticleTrump pardons former Cheney aide Scooter Libby
By CHAD DAY and CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump issued a full pardon Friday to I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney....
View ArticleCIA nominee offered to withdraw over interrogation program
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, offered to withdraw her nomination, two senior administration officials said Sunday, amid...
View ArticleGina Haspel confirmed as first female director of CIA
After a protracted confirmation battle that resurrected a raw, nationwide debate about the agency’s post-9/11 use of enhanced interrogation techniques — thought by many to have constituted torture —...
View ArticlePresident Trump praises new CIA director
LANGLEY, Va. (AP) — New CIA Director Gina Haspel pledged to send more spies into the field during her swearing-in Monday as President Donald Trump offered up praise for the rank-and-file, who felt...
View ArticleLawmakers call Trump’s performance ‘bizarre,’‘shameful’
By LISA MASCARO, AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Key members of Congress, including some Republicans, are criticizing President Donald Trump’s performance at a press conference with...
View ArticleTrump makes good on threat to revoke Brennan’s clearance
By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is revoking the security clearance of former Obama administration CIA director John Brennan, a vocal critic of...
View ArticleBurr questions Brennan’s comments after Trump revokes clearance
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — North Carolina’s senior senator is questioning the comments a former CIA director is making about President Donald Trump. Today, Sen. Richard Burr, the chairman of the Senate...
View ArticleTurkey to Saudi Arabia: Where is Khashoggi’s body?
By SUZAN FRASER and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Saudi officials who killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate must reveal the location of his...
View ArticleFormer CIA officer portrayed in ‘Argo’ film dead at 78
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A former CIA technical operations officer who helped rescue six U.S. diplomats from Iran in 1980 and was portrayed by Ben Affleck in the film “Argo,” has died. He was 78. A...
View ArticleBrazil’s Trump-friendly president heading to the White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Brazilian leader who has been dubbed the “Trump of the Tropics” is ready for his first White House visit. President Donald Trump will meet Tuesday with Brazil’s new president,...
View ArticleEx-CIA engineer convicted in massive theft of secret info
NEW YORK (AP) — A former CIA software engineer accused of the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history has been convicted at a New York City retrial. A jury reached the guilty verdict...
View ArticleCongress moves to ban TikTok from US government devices
WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok would be banned from most U.S. government devices under a government spending bill Congress unveiled early Tuesday, the latest push by American lawmakers against the...
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