Douglas Ernst

Putin: Russia’s large-scale weapons purchases will continue for the next decade

Russian president Vladimir Putin told senior Kremlin officials Wednesday that the nation can expect large-scale weapons purchases for the foreseeable future.

September 11, 2014

Obama nearing ‘Jimmy Carter-type damage’ to Democrats on foreign policy, says Chuck Todd

Meet the Press host Chuck Todd took to MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' on Wednesday and said that President Obama's handling of U.S. foreign policy was at a dangerous tipping point for the Democratic Party.

September 10, 2014

Navy starts industry race for next generation fighter to replace Super Hornet, Growler

The Navy knows that 2030 isn't as far, which is why it has asked the defense industry to start its engines in the race to replace the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and the EA-18G Growler.

September 10, 2014

Islamic State has ‘thousands of suicide bombers,’ says former adviser to Iraqi president

A former adviser to the Iraqi president told attendees at an annual Israeli counterterrorism forum on Tuesday that the Islamic State group has "thousands" of members who are willing to die as suicide bombers anywhere in the world.

September 9, 2014

Red light camera industry fights to stop Fla. citizens from voting on technology

A citizen-backed referendum on red light cameras in Florida might not make it to a ballot because the state's leading provider of the technology has filed a lawsuit against petition-gatherers and the county's Supervisor of Elections.

September 9, 2014

Pentagon aims to create agile tanks inspired by X-plane programs

As the U.S. military added more armor to its vehicles, its enemies responded by creating better armor-piercing weapons. The Pentagon is continuing the one-upmanship with what seems to be an oxymoron: agile tanks.

September 9, 2014

Army laser weapon passes big test, cuts through fog to take down drones

A new laser weapon Boeing is developing for the U.S. Army cleared a major test by cutting through fog to destroy enemy targets.

September 9, 2014

Issa responds to new round of lost IRS emails: ‘This pattern must stop’

The House's top investigator expressed his growing frustration with the IRS's level of cooperation in the probe of its tea party targeting scandal, labeling Friday's revelation of more lost emails as part of a "pattern" that "must stop."

September 5, 2014

Rubio: Obama doesn’t need Congress’ approval to strike Islamic State in Syria

Sen. Marco Rubio sent a letter to President Obama on Friday affirming his belief that the commander in chief does not need congressional approval to conduct airstrikes against members of the Islamic State group residing in Syria.

September 5, 2014

Minnesota woman left U.S. to fight for Islamic State: FBI

The FBI has received word that a 19-year-old Somali-American woman from St. Paul, Minnesota, has left the United States for Syria with plans to join the Islamic State group.

September 5, 2014

Estonian president: Counterintelligence officer abducted, taken into Russia

An officer with Estonia's Internal Security Service was abducted at gunpoint and taken into Russia after a violent struggle, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said Friday.

September 5, 2014

Airman denied reenlistment for ‘so help me God’ refusal, says atheist group

Lawyers for the American Humanist Association say that an atheist airman at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada was denied reenlistment in August because he refused to say "so help me God" in his oath.

September 5, 2014

Islamic State defector: American members will carry out attacks in US

A former member of the Islamic State group says that members from Western countries will attack their homeland as soon as security measures permit.

September 4, 2014

HealthCare.gov hacked over the summer: ‘There was a door left open’

Federal government officials say that HealthCare.gov was hacked over the summer. The Department of Health and Human Services, which discovered the attack last week, found malicious software uploaded to the site.

September 4, 2014

State Dept. releases graphic ‘Welcome to Islamic State’ mock recruitment video

The State Department's Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications has released a graphic mock-recruitment video for the Islamic State terrorist group.

September 4, 2014

Islamic State’s top aide to al-Baghdadi killed in Mosul airstrike, Iraqi military reports

A top military aide for the Islamic State terrorist group was killed in an airstrike in Mosul, Iraq's defense ministry said Thursday.

September 4, 2014

Al Qaeda opens ‘Indian Subcontinent’ branch to ‘defeat America and its allies everywhere’

The rise of the Islamic State group may be forcing al Qaeda to speed up some of its plans. The terrorist group has announced the formation of a new branch called "Qaedat al-Jihad in the Indian Subcontinent," but insisted that the plan has been in development for more than two years.

September 3, 2014

N.C. man tried to join Islamic State after months of ‘asking Allah to guide me’

Don Morgan of Salisbury, North Carolina, has traveled to the Middle East in an attempt to join the Islamic State group. He's also willing to talk about it.

September 3, 2014

Rapid Trident: U.S. ground troops to train in Ukraine next week

U.S. ground troops will train in western Ukraine next week while Kiev's armed forces continue fighting pro-Russian separatists in the east.

September 3, 2014

Delaware National Guard cancels training due to budget cuts, ‘sins of others’

The Delaware Army National Guard is following in the footsteps of its Ohio counterpart and canceling training exercises due to a budget shortfall.

September 3, 2014