James LaPorta is a national security coordinating producer in CBS News' Washington bureau. He is a former U.S. Marine infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan war. The report found the former Fox ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that he received “total exoneration” in an investigative report by the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General regarding a Signal group chat about a ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information that could have endangered US troops through his use of Signal to discuss attack plans, a Pentagon watchdog said in an ...

The state Office of the Inspector General says the New Bedford Port Authority can't "properly maintain" Pope's Island Marina. The marina is owned by the DCR and managed by the Port Authority since ...

CHICAGO — As Chicago Public Schools faced a major budget shortfall for the upcoming Fiscal Year, laying off more than 160 employees and eliminating another 200 vacant positions prior to the start of ...