Kellan Howell is a continuous news writer for The Washington Times, covering defense and national security. Originally from Williamsburg, Virginia, Kellan graduated from James Madison University where she received bachelor's degrees in media arts and design and international affairs with a concentration in western European politics. During her time at JMU, she interned for British technology and business news website "ITPro" in London and worked as a freelance reporter for The Washington Guardian. She was also an executive editor of 22807, a new student magazine covering arts and culture in the JMU community. Kellan can be reached at khowell@washingtontimes.com.
Just when it seemed the 2016 presidential race couldn't get any more crowded, or colorful, another oddball candidate has put in a bid for the White House -- under the name Deez Nuts.
During the age of cold war espionage, CIA agents resorted to unusual techniques to outsmart the Russian KGB. One method required the use of life-size rubber sex dolls purchased in a Washington D.C. store.
An inmate who spent three days in a cell across from Sandra Bland at the Waller County Jail in Texas said she is positive that Ms. Bland committed suicide and was not killed by prison guards.
The head of the U.S. Special Operations Command said Saturday that Russia is using every opportunity to divide the NATO alliance, posing a long term threat to U.S. national security.
Following widespread criticism after two video clips revealed Planned Parenthood is in the business of selling the organs of aborted fetuses, the organization tweeted an encouraging message to its followers using animation from the new Universal Pictures movie, "Minions."
President Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Kenya on Friday, returning to the home of his ancestors to address economic development, counter-terrorism and human rights.
When Ken Robinson ran in 2010 to be a commissioner in Charles County, Maryland, he told the local Realtors' lobby in writing that he wouldn't raise real estate taxes that can increase the purchase price of a home.
In anticipation of massive population growth prompted by an oil boom in North Dakota, the city of Ray made plans in 2011 to expand much of its infrastructure, including building a $2.5 million wastewater treatment plant, which it completed in July 2014, according to city officials.
Senior members of drug-trafficking rings and criminal organizations serving as informants for the Drug Enforcement Administration have been allowed to run amok because the agency's management and oversight of its confidential sources and their approved illegal activity is so poor.
Reporters were surprised to discover Friday night that Hillary Clinton's campaign had forbidden young supporters from talking to the press at a campaign event in Iowa.
GOP firebrand Donald Trump took another shot at Arizona Sen. John McCain on Saturday, saying the former Republican Presidential nominee and POW during the Vietnam War was only a war hero "because he was captured."
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is ordering National Guard recruiters at six storefront locations to relocate to their nearest armory after the shootings at military facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee this week.
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno said Friday the Army will struggle to maintain its global commitments in the long run as troop numbers shrink while the U.S. continues to engage heavily in foreign conflicts.
The Department of Transportation has fallen dangerously behind on its debt collection, putting hundreds of millions of tax dollars at risk of default as Congress debates multibillion-dollar transportation legislation.