The attorney for a former sailor who was arrested after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 says his client is a gentle man who now regrets listening to the president’s “patent invitation” to enter the building that day. Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley, a 33-year-old Arizona man who also goes by Jake Angeli, …
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FORT WORTH, Texas — A retired Air Force officer who was part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week carried plastic zip-tie handcuffs because he intended “to take hostages,” a prosecutor said in a Texas court on Thursday. “He means to take hostages. He means to kidnap, restrain, perhaps try, perhaps execute …
The number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan has dropped to 2,500, acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said Friday, meeting the Trump administration’s goal to steeply reduce the number of American troops in the country ahead of Inauguration Day. It’s unclear whether President-elect Joseph R. Biden will seek to uphold or continue to reduce the troop …
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The U.S. military is facing a real threat from domestic extremists, particularly those pushing white supremacist views who want to add service members — and their tactical skills — to their ranks, a senior defense official told reporters Thursday. The Pentagon is reviewing how best to crack down on extremist views in the ranks, with …
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Air Force veteran Isabelle Hyon DuCharme knew it would be a long shot. The Salt Lake City, Utah, resident had spent several years attempting to reconnect her mother, Hyon Chu DuCharme, with the sister and two brothers she left behind in South Korea. Hyon Chu had maintained regular contact with her siblings since immigrating to …
