A newly released report from the CIA challenges the work intelligence agencies did to investigate Russia's support for Donald ...

Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives to testify before Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ...

Later in the hearing, Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, pressed Hegseth about what long-term planning — such as reviews of safeguards for military personnel and equipment, ...

CIA Director John Ratcliffe has told skeptical U.S. lawmakers that American military strikes destroyed Iran’s lone metal ...

The officials were heard saying Trump’s strike on Iran proved less devastating than expected. The administration calls the intelligence insignificant.

Lines of communication over the U.S.’s national security between the White House and Congress are strained as speculation grows that a preliminary report on the strikes on Iranian nuclear sites ...

House Republican leadership is actively discussing new ways to restrict the classified information that all lawmakers can ...

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Attacking honest brokers in the intelligence community could cause analysts to self-censor.

Intelligence officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, briefed lawmakers on the operation on Friday morning.

Democrats are choosing a nominee to replace late congressman Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia) in their crowded, high-velocity ...

The president was deliberately misleading the public when he said the program was ‘obliterated,’” one Democratic senator said ...