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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has fought for years to remove commanders from deciding assault cases. Now, more colleagues and a Pentagon panel agree. WASHINGTON -- After decades of failing to curb [...]

Holly Elgison and Len Schillaci are a mixed vaxxed couple, and they are far from alone. ''I was always going to get the vaccine, 100 percent,'' said Ms. Elgison, a [...]

As the United States withdraws from its longest war, a memorial that recognizes one of its most complicated ones officially opened in Washington, D.C., on Friday. WASHINGTON -- Memorials to [...]

With deliveries from Johnson & Johnson set to fall 86 percent, a White House official warned that the vaccine would be scarce until a troubled Baltimore plant gains regulatory approval. [...]

As states open vaccines and restaurants to all, wait staff and food service workers are often left behind. Some chefs have even opened pop-up spots to get their employees shots [...]

The state is wrestling with most of the issues and trade-offs that come with such a giant undertaking. UPPER MARLBORO, Md. -- The path to quickly vaccinating the nation's 250 [...]

Bobby Stuckey flipped through receipts this month, surprised to see a huge increase in cocktail sales, the highest in the 17-year history of his restaurant, even though the bar section [...]

Byline: Jennifer Steinhauer As the Army revises its physical test and otherwise rethinks fitness, it faces difficult questions: Do current requirements penalize women? Do they overshadow expertise and intellectual preparation? [...]

As the Army revises its physical test and otherwise rethinks fitness, it faces difficult questions: Do current requirements penalize women? Do they overshadow expertise and intellectual preparation? WASHINGTON -- For [...]

About one-third of the troops have declined to take the vaccine. Many say they worry the vaccines are unsafe or were developed too quickly. Others want a sense of independence, [...]

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said he found the video from a visibly distraught female Marine ''deeply disturbing.'' WASHINGTON -- Before his first news conference as defense secretary on [...]

Byline: Jennifer Steinhauer For a vast majority of Americans, a coronavirus vaccine is like sleep for a new parent: It's all you can think about, even if you have no [...]

For a vast majority of Americans, a coronavirus vaccine is like sleep for a new parent: It's all you can think about, even if you have no idea when you [...]

Byline: Jennifer Steinhauer Military veterans trying to defend the Capitol on Jan. 6 were taunted by veterans in the pro-Trump mob who were storming it. Both felt they were doing [...]

Military veterans trying to defend the Capitol on Jan. 6 were taunted by veterans in the pro-Trump mob who were storming it. Both felt they were doing their patriotic duty [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration on Friday announced that it was sending 1,110 active-duty troops to five federal Covid-19 vaccination centers across the country, a significant escalation in its efforts [...]

The move would be the first significant sign that the Biden administration is taking more control of a vaccine distribution effort that states are struggling to manage. WASHINGTON -- The [...]

The retired general was approved overwhelmingly, after Congress granted him a waiver from a law restricting those who are retired from military service fewer than seven years from leading the [...]

The action paved the way for a historic vote on Friday that will make Lloyd J. Austin III, a retired four-star Army general, the first Black American to lead the [...]

Hearings for Biden nominees for top intelligence, diplomacy and military posts offered glimpses of where there will be a resumption of the Obama administration's approach and where they could differ. [...]

The nation's military has a history of downplaying white nationalism and right-wing activism, but the siege of the Capitol has created a new urgency for dealing with them. WASHINGTON -- [...]

At least 16 states and territories are using the National Guard to give shots, drawing on doctors, nurses, medics and other troops who are skilled in administering injections. LANDOVER, Md. [...]

Poor planning among a constellation of government agencies and a restive crowd encouraged by President Trump set the stage for the unthinkable. WASHINGTON -- Huddled in a command center on [...]

The nominee, Lloyd J. Austin III, a retired four-star Army general, must obtain a congressional exemption from a law that bars recent active-duty officers from serving in the top Pentagon [...]

Her tastes ran from Meat Loaf to Mozart and she brought that spirit of eclecticism to her jobs in schools and a church. She died of complications of the coronavirus. [...]

About 340 National Guard troops are expected to deploy in support of local law enforcement before demonstrations against the election results. WASHINGTON -- The leader of the Proud Boys, a [...]

Byline: Jennifer Steinhauer and Michael Crowley The president-elect will have to assure American national security in ways that will require pushing back on the Kremlin at times and, at others, [...]

Byline: Jennifer Steinhauer Veterans are in a similar situation, hunger advocates and service organizations have found. WASHINGTON - Fort Bragg, the largest military base in the United States, has all [...]

Veterans are in a similar situation, hunger advocates and service organizations have found. WASHINGTON -- Fort Bragg, the largest military base in the United States, has all the trappings of [...]

The president-elect will have to assure American national security in ways that will require pushing back on the Kremlin at times and, at others, seeking Russian cooperation. WASHINGTON -- The [...]

Byline: Jennifer Steinhauer, Eric Schmitt and Luke Broadwater Congress would need to approve a waiver for Lloyd J. Austin III, a recently retired general, to serve in the civilian post, [...]

President-elect Joe Biden's decision to instead nominate retired Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III enraged many of the women Ms. Flournoy elevated from the trenches of national security policy. WASHINGTON -- [...]

Congress would need to approve a waiver for Lloyd J. Austin III, a recently retired general, to serve in the civilian post, four years after President Trump's first defense secretary [...]

While no troops will be administering shots or dropping off doses, scores of Defense Department employees are involved in the effort. WASHINGTON -- When President Trump talks about efforts to [...]

President Trump's supporters hope he is the president to end America's longest war. WASHINGTON -- Consistent is not the adjective many would use to describe President Trump's national security policy. [...]

Law enforcement authorities are increasingly worried, not just about what they have already seen, but also about what has been threatened, especially online. Vehicles with Trump flags halted traffic on [...]

From a gauzy distance, Kevin Swift describes his high school years in the 1980s in Kalamazoo, Mich., as a carefree time of basketball games, English classes and beer parties. ''We [...]

Byline: Jennifer Steinhauer and Zolan Kanno-Youngs Election experts say President Trump's messaging, the pandemic and other factors are creating a tension around casting ballots not seen since the Jim Crow [...]

The president, who is counting on support from military members and their families, suggested for the second time in a week that they might have spread the coronavirus at the [...]

Election experts say President Trump's messaging, the pandemic and other factors are creating a tension around casting ballots not seen since the Jim Crow era. The day after the presidential [...]

Byline: Jennifer Steinhauer The system of military doctors has so hampered the public's right to know that a commission should be established to re-evaluate the practice, critics say. WASHINGTON - [...]

The system of military doctors has so hampered the public's right to know that a commission should be established to re-evaluate the practice, critics say. WASHINGTON -- President Trump's excursion [...]

Byline: Jennifer Steinhauer and Helene Cooper Defense Department officials said top generals could resign if Mr. Trump ordered the active-duty military into the streets to quell protests. WASHINGTON - Senior [...]

Defense Department officials said top generals could resign if Mr. Trump ordered the active-duty military into the streets to quell protests. WASHINGTON -- Senior Pentagon leaders have a lot to [...]

Byline: Jennifer Steinhauer The vast majority of veterans do not join militias, but some fast-growing militias have many veterans among their ranks. WASHINGTON - Emboldened by President Trump's campaign platform [...]

The vast majority of veterans do not join militias, but some fast-growing militias have many veterans among their ranks. WASHINGTON -- Emboldened by President Trump's campaign platform of law and [...]

Byline: Jennifer Steinhauer Liberal groups had already ramped up efforts to win over veterans and military families in swing states, where even a small shift could prove decisive. WASHINGTON - [...]

Liberal groups had already ramped up efforts to win over veterans and military families in swing states, where even a small shift could prove decisive. WASHINGTON -- Long before The [...]

The department's long litany of problems has left some questioning why President Trump is trying to make his record there a centerpiece of his re-election campaign. WASHINGTON -- As he [...]

Byline: Jennifer Steinhauer Governments and restaurant owners wanted to get back to business. But bars and restaurants have become a focal point for clusters of Covid infections. Across the United [...]