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The 43-year-old woman was arrested in Mexico after a “romance scam on steroids,” an F.B.I. agent said. Read full article

The firings are the first of what is expected to be a vast wave of layoffs by the Pentagon. Read full article

The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. reflects the president’s insistence that the military’s leadership is too mired in diversity issues and has lost sight of its combat role. Read full article

The federal Bureau of Prisons is banning the use of preferred pronouns, stopping special pat-down procedures and rejecting underwear requests from transgender prisoners. Read full article

The general made an impression on the president in 2018 when he said the Islamic State could be defeated in a week, according to the president. Read full article

Adm. Lisa Franchetti spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and the U.S. Sixth Fleet. Read full article

The victim was traveling on a terrain feature known as The Nose near Silverton, Colo., when the avalanche occurred on Thursday, officials said. Read full article

The court’s order indicated that it may return to the issue as soon as next week, when a trial judge’s temporary restraining order is set to expire. Read full article

The president said he was considering merging the mail service, an independent agency, with the Commerce Department. Read full article

During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers. Today, people on death row can choose to die that way in some states. Read full article