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'Huge security gap' lets dangerous packages enter US through postal system 09/07/2016 05:51am • WASHINGTON — Every day, about a million packages are shipped into the U.S.  through the U.S. Postal Service from China, Russia, India and other countries. Many packages are not checked for dangerous and illegal contents, posing what the co-leader of a new national security project calls a “huge Hillary Clinton Plays Defense, Donald Trump Dodges at Commander-in-Chief Forum 09/06/2016 08:00pm • Hillary Clinton was forced to defend her dubious handling of classified information on her private email server, her ill-fated vote authorizing the war in Iraq and her hawkish instinct to support intervention in Libya. Donald Trump dodged specifics on how he'd destroy the Islamic State group, deliv Smithsonian hosts special exhibit for 15th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks 09/04/2016 04:14pm • WASHINGTON — This coming Sunday will be the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, one of the darkest days in U.S. history. The Smithsonian National Museum of American History will host a special one-day exhibit from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11,  to commemorate the anniversary of Dulles TSA staff unveil 9/11 artifact with solemn ceremony 09/01/2016 05:46pm • DULLES, Va. — In anticipation of the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States later this month, a relic recovered from the Pentagon was unveiled Thursday at Dulles International Airport. The limestone tablet shows damage from the attack. It's 31 inches long, 14 in Rescuers who responded to Pentagon on 9/11 return 15 years later 08/27/2016 04:00pm • ARLINGTON, Va. — The nation will soon mark the 15th anniversary of one of the darkest days in its history — Sept. 11, 2001. But on Saturday, a group of firefighters returned to the Pentagon, where they responded after a plane slammed into the building and killed 184 people 15 years ago. Ins The Year of Donald Trump 06/07/2016 08:00pm • When Donald Trump began his improbable campaign for the White House almost a year ago, it's safe to believe almost no one, including himself, envisioned he'd be where he is today. The second line of the U.S. News story covering Trump's June 16, 2015, entry into the 2016 contest stated that he began Michael Bay explores Benghazi attack in action film '13 Hours' 01/29/2016 02:16am • WASHINGTON -- It's become one of the biggest political footballs of the past four years, pitting Congressional Republicans against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a controversy that has undoubtedly shaped our political conversation heading into this weekend's Iowa Caucuses. B Widows of ISIL terrorists attempt to strike back 09/15/2015 07:58am • WASHINGTON — U.S. and British drone strikes have killed their Islamic State husbands. Now, the widows of Junaid Hussein and Abu Abbas al Lubnani appear to be trying to retaliate against U.S. military personnel, by distributing alleged personal information about them. Hussain was one of t Stabbing suspect shot at Union Station dies 09/12/2015 09:08am • WASHINGTON -- A knife-wielding man who was shot by a contracted security guard at D.C.'s Union Station on Friday has died. On Sunday, police released the identity of the man, William Thomas Wilson Jr., 57, of Southeast D.C. The shooting occurred at the McDonald's in Union Station. A security 1 shot dead, another stabbed at Union Station in D.C. 09/11/2015 09:00pm • WASHINGTON -- The man who was shot by a contracted security guard at D.C.'s Union Station on Friday has died. The guard witnessed the man stab a woman in the building. The incident occurred at the McDonald's in Union Station. A security guard under contract by the nearby U.S. Securities and Excha D.C. fourth-graders get lesson on Sept. 11 from local veterans 09/11/2015 01:38pm • WASHINGTON – D.C. fourth-graders got a real-life history lesson on the National Mall on Friday, the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Local veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan sat down with students from from Harriet Tubman Elementary School to talk about their experienc Smithsonian wants 'Star Trek' fans to send USS Enterprise back in time 09/09/2015 11:40am • WASHINGTON — Do you have old photos of the USS Enterprise? The Smithsonian wants you to beam them up! The National Air and Space Museum is asking "Star Trek" fans to search their memory banks for pre-1976 images or film of the original studio model of the USS Enterprise. Conservators are Va. investigators release new TV shooting details 08/28/2015 05:27pm • WASHINGTON — The man who shot and killed a TV crew and injured a woman fired 17 rounds from a Glock pistol in what investigators are calling a well-planned attack on his former co-workers. The Franklin County Sheriff's Office released new details Friday about the ambush near Smith Mountain Lake PHOTOS: Bikers participate in annual Sept. 11 ride 08/21/2015 05:55pm • Hundreds of motorcyclists are traveling across parts of Western Maryland and Northern Virginia as part of a Sept. 11 anniversary event. The group is spending Friday night near the Pentagon. On Saturday, the ride continues up Interstate 95 to New York City. It ends Sunday at the World Trade Cente Exclusive: Secret Service director puts workforce on notice 04/22/2015 04:51am • WASHINGTON -- At 4 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2014, Bill, traveling south on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, came across the mangled remnants of two cars that had crashed. One of the vehicles was on fire and in danger of exploding, with someone still inside it. Realizing he was in the middle of a