The highest-ranking officer in the US Marine Corps has ordered Confederate-related paraphernalia to be removed from all Marine installations. The order from Commandant Gen. David Berger was one of several initiatives he prioritized for “immediate execution” in a memo sent to senior leadership last week, Marine Corps spokesman Capt. Joseph Butterfield told CNN. Some of…… MORE
A federal judge in Washington state on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from diverting millions of dollars in funding from a project at a base in the state to border wall construction, delivering a partial blow to President Donald Trump. The lawsuit relates to Trump’s national emergency declaration, which allowed the administration to dip into…… MORE
On a cloudy winter afternoon, a few dozen people stand outside the courthouse in Hardin, Montana, holding banners and signs bearing the photos of young Native American women. In below-freezing temperatures and against an abrasive wind, they read out the names of 24 women and girls they say have gone missing or been killed. They…… MORE
Bothell High School outside Seattle was closed for cleaning on Thursday after a staff member’s relative was quarantined and tested for a possible case of the novel coronavirus, school district officials said. The move — which was “not necessary,” according to public health officials with Seattle and King County — was taken out of “an…… MORE
March into the new month with a bevy of streaming content. There’s plenty of new TV shows, movies, documentaries and stand up specials on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO Now and Acorn TV coming in the next few weeks. Click through the gallery above to see some of what’s being offered. Click here to read…… MORE
The Inspector General for the Department of Veterans Affairs is reviewing claims that VA Secretary Robert Wilkie attempted to discredit a House committee staffer who reported she was sexually assaulted at a VA facility in Washington, CNN has confirmed. A letter from Inspector General Michael Missal to House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano calls…… MORE
The US Navy has ordered all ships that have visited countries in the Pacific region to effectively self-quarantine and remain at sea for 14 days in order to monitor sailors for any symptoms of coronavirus. “Out of an abundance of caution, Pacific Fleet is implementing additional mitigations to prevent Sailors from contracting COVID-19, and to…… MORE
The US Navy said Thursday that a Chinese military warship fired a military grade laser at US Navy P-8 surveillance aircraft last week while it was flying over the Pacific Ocean, an action that the US Navy called “unsafe and unprofessional.” The People’s Republic of China “navy destroyer’s actions were unsafe and unprofessional,” US Pacific…… MORE
With Bernie Sanders looking more and more like the potential Democratic presidential nominee, the good people at the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia have released their first take on what the electoral map might look like in a matchup between the senator from Vermont and President Donald Trump. The map allots 260…… MORE
The Trump administration’s efforts and ambitions to reduce the size of government could hamper agencies integral to responding to the coronavirus. Reductions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Security Council, two key groups needed to coordinate and respond, could make it more difficult for the federal government to combat the…… MORE
