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![A Defense Department disagreement over how to bring to justice the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and two others has thrown the cases into disarray and surfaced tension between the desire of some victims’ families to see a final legal reckoning and […] A Defense Department disagreement over how to bring to justice the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and two others has thrown the cases into disarray and surfaced tension between the desire of some victims’ families to see a final legal reckoning and […]](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Guantanamo-Sept_11_Defendants_98047_5a8c2c.jpg?w=140)
Torture of 9/11 suspects means even without plea deal, they may never face a verdict
A Defense Department disagreement over how to bring to justice the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and two others has thrown the cases into disarray and surfaced tension...
![Pentagon officials declined to immediately release the terms of the plea bargain. Pentagon officials declined to immediately release the terms of the plea bargain.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24213800732776-1.jpg?w=122)
Guantanamo inmate accused as the main plotter of 9/11 attacks agrees to plead guilty
Pentagon officials declined to immediately release the terms of the plea bargain.
![NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says a record more than 20 NATO member nations are hitting the Western military alliance’s defense spending target this year as Russia’s war in Ukraine has raised the threat of expanding conflict in Europe. Stoltenberg made the announcement Monday during a talk at the Wilson Center in Washington before meeting with President Joe Biden later at the White House. The estimated figure is a nearly fourfold increase from 2021 in the number of the 32 NATO members meeting the alliance’s defense spending guideline. NATO allies agreed last year to spend at least 2% of their gross domestic product on defense. Stoltenberg’s visit comes ahead of a NATO leaders summit in Washington next month. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says a record more than 20 NATO member nations are hitting the Western military alliance’s defense spending target this year as Russia’s war in Ukraine has raised the threat of expanding conflict in Europe. Stoltenberg made the announcement Monday during a talk at the Wilson Center in Washington before meeting with President Joe Biden later at the White House. The estimated figure is a nearly fourfold increase from 2021 in the number of the 32 NATO members meeting the alliance’s defense spending guideline. NATO allies agreed last year to spend at least 2% of their gross domestic product on defense. Stoltenberg’s visit comes ahead of a NATO leaders summit in Washington next month.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/US_Biden_NATO_54206.jpg?w=132)
A record number of NATO allies are hitting their defense spending target during war in Ukraine
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says a record more than 20 NATO member nations are hitting the Western military alliance’s defense spending target this year as Russia’s war in Ukraine has...
![The first aid from an American-built pier arrived in Gaza on Saturday since storm damage required repairs to the project, the U.S. military said, relaunching an effort to bring supplies to Palestinians by sea that had been plagued with problems. The first aid from an American-built pier arrived in Gaza on Saturday since storm damage required repairs to the project, the U.S. military said, relaunching an effort to bring supplies to Palestinians by sea that had been plagued with problems.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/United_States_Gaza_Aid_30466_63598f.jpg?w=140)
Aid is delivered to Gaza from newly repaired US-built pier, US military says
The first aid from an American-built pier arrived in Gaza on Saturday since storm damage required repairs to the project, the U.S. military said, relaunching an effort to bring supplies...
![The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that it has handed out in Gaza in recent days a “limited number” of high-energy biscuits that arrived from a U.S.-built pier. The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that it has handed out in Gaza in recent days a “limited number” of high-energy biscuits that arrived from a U.S.-built pier.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/APTOPIX_Israel_Palestinians_44776_22951c.jpg?w=140)
First aid from U.S. pier in Gaza has reached starving Palestinians, the UN says
The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that it has handed out in Gaza in recent days a “limited number” of high-energy biscuits that arrived from a U.S.-built pier.
![The U.S. has gathered highly sensitive intelligence about Russian anti-satellite weapons that has been shared in recent weeks with the upper echelons of government. That's according to four people who have been briefed on the intelligence but were not authorized to comment publicly. They said the capability was not yet operational. The intelligence sparked an urgent but vague warning Wednesday from the Republican head of the House Intelligence Committee, who urged the Biden administration to declassify information about what he called a serious national security threat. Administration officials declined to publicly address the nature of the threat. House Speaker Mike Johnson cautioned against being overly alarmed. The U.S. has gathered highly sensitive intelligence about Russian anti-satellite weapons that has been shared in recent weeks with the upper echelons of government. That's according to four people who have been briefed on the intelligence but were not authorized to comment publicly. They said the capability was not yet operational. The intelligence sparked an urgent but vague warning Wednesday from the Republican head of the House Intelligence Committee, who urged the Biden administration to declassify information about what he called a serious national security threat. Administration officials declined to publicly address the nature of the threat. House Speaker Mike Johnson cautioned against being overly alarmed.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Congress_Threat_Warning_10413-6.jpg?w=132)
Russian efforts to create anti-satellite weapons are cause for US concern
The U.S. has gathered highly sensitive intelligence about Russian anti-satellite weapons that has been shared in recent weeks with the upper echelons of government. That's according to four people who...
![The poll found growing disapproval among Republicans and political independents for Israel's conduct of its military offensive in Gaza. The poll found growing disapproval among Republicans and political independents for Israel's conduct of its military offensive in Gaza.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Election_2024_Biden_Michigan_Protest_39411-2.jpg?w=132)
Half of U.S. adults say Israel has gone too far in war in Gaza, AP-NORC poll shows
The poll found growing disapproval among Republicans and political independents for Israel's conduct of its military offensive in Gaza.
![The suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants may never face the death penalty under plea agreements now under consideration. The suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants may never face the death penalty under plea agreements now under consideration.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Sept_11_Defendants_90945.jpg?w=122)
Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the U.S. tells families
The suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants may never face the death penalty under plea agreements now under consideration.
![The U.S. has announced a new $345 million military aid package for Taiwan. The U.S. has announced a new $345 million military aid package for Taiwan.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Taiwan_Military_Aid_66471.jpg?w=131)
U.S. announces $345 million military aid package for Taiwan
The U.S. has announced a new $345 million military aid package for Taiwan.
![Trump raises eyebrows in promoting his environment record Trump raises eyebrows in promoting his environment record](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/vilor-1.jpeg)
Trump raises eyebrows in promoting his environment record
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is promoting what he is calling his administration's "environmental leadership" despite its sweeping rollbacks of landmark environmental and public health protections. Critics are calling...