How Trump's End to Federal Remote Work Could Affect This Alabama Base

President Donald Trump’s order this week for federal employees to return to in-person work covers tens of thousands of personnel at Redstone Arsenal, though its daily impact might be relatively minimal. Trump’s order on remote work, signed the day he was inaugurated into his second term, stated, “Heads of all departments and agencies in the […]
DNA on Weapons Implicates Ex-US Green Beret in Attempted Venezuelan Coup, Federal Officials Say

MIAMI — Federal investigators say they found the DNA of a decorated former U.S. Green Beret on some of the 60 automatic weapons he allegedly smuggled from Florida to South America as part of a failed 2020 coup attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The allegations were detailed in court papers filed days after Jordan […]
Defense Lawyers for Former Army Soldier Facing Federal Riot Charge Allege ‘Questionable Tactics’ by FBI, Police

The prosecution of a former Army officer facing a federal riot charge for allegedly smashing Starbucks windows during a 2021 demonstration in Portland has drawn accusations from his attorneys that the government has unfairly targeted him and used “highly questionable” tactics to build a case against him because he’s a “left-wing protester.” Defense attorneys argued […]
Supreme Court Allows Federal Agents to Cut Razor Wire Texas Installed on US-Mexico Border

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to resume cutting for now razor wire that Texas installed along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border that is at the center of an escalating standoff between the Biden administration and the state over immigration enforcement. The 5-4 vote clears the way for […]
Tense Border Standoff Between Texas Guard and Federal Government Is Reaching a Crescendo

This article was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. EAGLE PASS — On a chilly January afternoon, a military drone hovers over Shelby Park as Texas National Guard members pull boats from the Rio […]
5 US Service Members Sue Federal Government over Fuel Contamination from Red Hill Spill in Hawaii

Five active-duty military personnel, including an Army colonel, filed a lawsuit Thursday against the federal government over their exposure to jet fuel in the drinking water of their on-base homes in Hawaii in 2021. The group is suing for damages over illnesses they say they endured after drinking and bathing in the water, which was […]