A mock air battle between an F-16 jet and the military’s new and oft-troubled F-35 stealth jet showed that the F-35 is too sluggish to hit an enemy plane or dodge gunfire, according to a report. The F-35 has cost the US military more than a trillion dollars since work on it began, making it the most expensive weapon in history. The mock air battle, staged in January over the Pacific Ocean, was to... 

The US cites a potential asteroid attack for the delay in the dismantling of its nuclear weapons. The United States holds on to its stockpile of nuclear weapons in order to defend the earth against a potential asteroid attack, according to a report. Government auditors have found that, among other reasons, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is delaying the dismantling of the nation’s... 

The number of Americans incarcerated in federal prisons throughout the country has increased by nearly 30 percent over the past ten years, according to a new report by an investigative arm of Congress. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Monday attributed the 27 percent surge in prison population to mandatory sentencing minimums. The practice, in which a judge’s discretion...