Matt Coburn was ready to leave the war in Afghanistan behind after six deployments. But Afghanistan has come to him and his small Pennsylvania town.
Author: Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY
A hacker, a researcher and thousands of photos: Inside China’s secret Uyghur detention system
Beijing’s incarceration of ethnic minorities is creating a slow-motion genocide, experts say. An exclusive new report offers a look inside.
‘Something has been missing’: Children of the Vietnam War are pushing for more family reunifications
DNA tests, ancestry sites and an aging Vietnam veteran population is spurring Amerasians to renew their search for their American fathers.
13 high-level Trump officials violated Hatch Act, using government office for partisan activity, watchdog probe finds
A federal watchdog said 13 Trump administration officials, including Secretary Mike Pompeo, used their government power to influence the 2020 election
How many Americans are still in Afghanistan? State Department number is ‘way off,’ GOP lawmaker says
Some lawmakers say the Biden administration is undercounting the number of U.S. citizens who are still trying to flee Afghanistan.
US-China tensions flare over Taiwan as some fear a cold war – or worse
If the brewing “cold war” between Washington and Beijing turns hot, Taiwan will be the spark, experts fear. They say Joe Biden must tread carefully.
‘We inherited a deadline. We did not inherit a plan’: Blinken defends Afghanistan exit during testy House hearing
Blinken defended the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan during a contentious House hearing, which included GOP calls for his resignation.
‘It’s time we expose the truth’: 9/11 families see a turning point in fight to reveal alleged Saudi role
Under pressure from 9/11 families, Biden directed some FBI documents to be declassified. What will they reveal about Saudi involvement 20 years later?
‘True turning point’: Biden directs US agencies to declassify some documents from 9/11 probe
Relatives of those Americans who were killed on 9/11 have spent years pushing successive administrations to release the classified information.
‘War rarely goes as planned’: New report tallies trillions US spent in Afghanistan, Iraq
The U.S. government has become less transparent over time about the costs of post -9/11 conflicts as officials stopped reporting or classified information.