December 20, 2015 US Capitol Police: Vehicle hits barricade, driver in custody Police say a person is in custody after a vehicle struck a barricade near the U.S. Capitol.
December 20, 2015 FBI: China the most predominant economic espionage threat to US Spies, largely of Chinese origin, are going to dramatic lengths to steal critical information from U.S. companies, officials within the intelligence community say.
December 20, 2015 'You've been fleeced': Congress grills Kerry, Obama officials on Iran nuke deal Secretary of State John Kerry found himself on the defensive Thursday at a Senate hearing where he was hard-pressed to find support for the Iran nuclear deal from either side of the aisle -- and sharply sparred with Republicans who accused him of being "fleeced" and "bamboozled."
December 20, 2015 ISIS netted up to $1B in cash after taking over Mosul, US official says ISIS netted between $500 million and $1 billion in cash when it took over Iraq’s second largest city in 2014, a top Obama administration official said Thursday.
December 20, 2015 Joint Chiefs nominee appears to side with Romney on Russian threat The general chosen by President Obama to replace the Pentagon’s top military officer has put the administration in an awkward position after remarks Thursday in which he called Russia "the greatest threat to our national security" -- a stance taken by 2012 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and lambasted by the president during the 2012 campaign.
December 20, 2015 EXCLUSIVE: Entire US national security system possibly compromised by year-long cyber-assault The prolonged hacking into the White House Office of Personnel Management, which put the personal information of at least some 21.5 million past and current federal employees in jeopardy, is only the beginning of the security threat to the Obama Administration and its successors, a number of top-level experts in cybersecurity have told Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ. The attack has been frequently sourced as coming from China.
December 20, 2015 Long before holiday weekend, Washington has history of being on high alert for terror attacks Fourth of July weekend marks yet another time when Washington is on edge over possible terror attacks.
December 20, 2015 Obama, state leaders voice 'heartache' over Charleston mass shooting President Obama on Thursday voiced "heartache" and "anger" over the South Carolina church shooting that left nine people dead, in forceful remarks that spoke not only to America’s racial history but also its debate over gun violence and gun control.
December 20, 2015 House rejects bid to force troop withdrawal in Iraq, Syria The House on Wednesday rejected a bipartisan effort to force President Obama to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq and Syria by the end of the year.
December 20, 2015 Hackers nabbed data on every federal employee, union claims A major cyberattack on U.S. personnel data was far graver than the Obama administration has acknowledged, with hackers obtaining the personnel data for every federal employee, the president of a government worker union claimed in a letter Thursday.