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The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world’s most wanted man, is dead after being targeted by a U.S. military raid in Syria, President Donald Trump said Sunday. “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead,” Trump announced at the White House, saying the U.S. had “brought the world’s number one terrorist...

Maybe it was a quid pro quo after all. A top U.S. diplomat told House impeachment investigators on Tuesday that President Donald Trump was withholding military aid to Ukraine unless the country’s president went public with a promise to investigate Democrats. William Taylor’s 15-page opening statement — delivered as part of a closed-door deposition — is now central to the...

William Taylor, a top diplomat to Ukraine, testified to Congress on Tuesday that President Donald Trump withheld security aid in exchange for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s investigation into the Biden family.

The cease-fire in northern Syria got off to a rocky start Friday, as Kurdish leaders accused Turkey of violating the accord with continued fighting at a key border town while casting doubt on provisions in the U.S.-brokered deal with Ankara. Turkey’s president warned that Turkish forces would go back on the attack in four days unless Kurdish-led fighters withdraw “without...

Vice President Mike Pence announced a negotiated temporary cease-fire in Syria. The agreement comes after a weeklong invasion by Turkey into the region against Kurdish allies of the U.S. military. 

Dramatic surveillance video shows a DC Housing Authority employee shot to death during his lunch break Thursday in Southeast D.C. tried to run from the gunman.

A DC Housing Authority employee has died after he was shot during his lunch break in Southeast D.C., police say.

Ohio’s capital city agreed Friday to pay porn actress Stormy Daniels $450,000 to settle a lawsuit over her arrest at a strip club last year, the latest fallout traced to the city’s now-disbanded vice unit. Daniels’ federal defamation complaint against several Columbus officers alleged police conspired to retaliate against her over her claims that she had sex with Donald Trump...

A Jacksonville-based U.S. Coast Guard crew intercepted over 12,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, worth over $165 million. While on routine patrol earlier this month, the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant crew interdicted a self-propelled, semi-submersible vessel in international waters that was carrying approximately six tons of cocaine and four suspected drug smugglers, officials said in a statement....

A 41-year-old Green Beret who was on his fourth combat deployment has been killed by small arms fire in Afghanistan. U.S. Army Special Operations Command spokesman Loren Bymer at North Carolina’s Fort Bragg said in a statement that Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy W. Griffin died Monday. Griffin was from Greenbrier, Tennessee, and was a Special Forces communications sergeant based at...

An Arlington firefighter recounts responding to the tragic scene at the Pentagon on 9/11. He was just a rookie at the time. News4’s Meagan Fitzgerald reports.

A man accused of killing a transgender sex worker feared for his life, according to his attorney. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports.

The suspect in the death of Zoe Spears, a 23-year-old transgender woman shot to death last month in Prince George’s County, feared for his life, according to his attorney.

A cane-swinging confrontation in Southeast D.C. resulted in a man being sent to a hospital Thursday afternoon, police said.

Surveillance video shows a man swinging canes in the Alabama Plaza parking lot in Southeast D.C. before being assaulted by two men nearby. News4’s Cory Smith has the story.

The U.S. Navy has dropped charges against four SEALs involving alleged abuse of detainees in Afghanistan in 2012.

The head of the Navy SEALs says the special forces have a problem and is demanding change within its ranks, according to a strongly worded letter written to his command and obtained by NBC News on Friday.

A car accident led to a shooting in the 3rd Street Tunnel, disrupting rush hour Tuesday. Pat Collins reports.

Members of an elite U.S. Navy platoon are accused of drinking while stationed in Iraq and refusing to answer questions regarding an allegation against a senior enlisted member, according to several published reports.

A Navy SEAL platoon stationed in Iraq to fight threats posed by the Islamic State was ordered back to San Diego early after reported misconduct, according to the U.S. Special Operations Command.