Justin Rohrlich

The US Air Force has called for all units to stand down for a day in response to rising suicide rates in the ranks. In a letter to commanders, general David Goldfein, the USAF chief of staff, ordered a day-long “operational pause” for every unit to discuss the issue and take stock of its members’ mental health. Commanders must pick a day to stand down during the next six weeks.

Two American citizens who were recently caught smuggling large quantities of illegal narcotics from Mexico into the United States said they had been recruited through job ads posted on Facebook.

The US Department of Defense (DoD) purchased and used millions of dollars worth of electronics last year containing “known cybersecurity vulnerabilities” that make them particularly susceptible to Chinese government espionage. The findings are included in a recent audit (pdf) by the Pentagon’s Inspector General (IG) for DoD cyberspace operations, which warns that “missions critical to national security could be compromised” if the military does not take swift action.

Federal prosecutors charged a US Navy reservist earlier this month with illegally manufacturing military-grade weapons in his Maryland home, including AR-15 and AK-47 assault rifles, according to newly unsealed court documents obtained by Quartz.

Two US businessmen made more than $15 million over five years by allegedly scamming “elderly and unsophisticated” pensioners through an elaborate pump-and-dump scheme that stretched from Florida to Switzerland to Colombia, according to the FBI and SEC.

Without knowing it, you’ve probably flown on an airplane owned by Aircastle Limited.

Even during the heady days of the epic bitcoin bubble in 2017, Long Island Iced Tea Corp.’s pivot to blockchain was a particularly brash ploy to latch onto the crypto hype. More than a year later, court records show that authorities are still digging into what they believe was a sophisticated insider trading operation designed to supercharge the stock’s rise.

Sir Bob Geldof doesn’t take kindly to questions about his tax arrangements.

Southern Africa is not exactly big business for Esri, the world’s leading GIS mapping technology company. 

When the US next year hosts the G7 summit, a meeting between some of the world’s biggest economies, guests may want to be wary of using the pool.

The Border Patrol Foundation is a nonprofit that honors US Border Patrol agents who have been killed in the line of duty, and provides support and resources to their families. Every year they have a dinner in Washington, DC to raise funds. And for years it was held at the JW Marriott. In 2018, however, it was relocated to the Trump International Hotel.

News coverage of civilian casualties in faraway conflict zones has been almost nonexistent during key periods in the war against the global terrorist network known as ISIS. That’s according to a new report by investigative journalist Alexa O’Brien for Airwars, a London-based nonprofit that tracks and documents injuries and deaths of non-combatants worldwide.

Border Patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have been arrested 176 times since October for a range of criminal offenses, according to internal agency documents reviewed by Quartz.

A large, framed photo of far-right commentator Tomi Lahren posing with US Border Patrol officials hangs prominently on the wall of the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC. A person with access to the area described the setting and shared a picture of it with Quartz. 

US Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) is looking for new training structures to simulate the real-life scenarios it believes agents soon will be encountering.

A Guatemalan migrant miscarried while being processed by the US Border Patrol on Independence Day, according to internal agency emails reviewed by Quartz.

A crew of international con artists allegedly convinced a US defense contractor to send them millions of dollars worth of sensitive military gear they weren’t even supposed to know existed, according to court documents obtained by Quartz. Some of the items shipped to the fraudsters are not known to the public and are reportedly so top-secret, “even a photograph [is] considered controlled.”

Two active-duty US Marines are facing federal charges for allegedly picking up a group of undocumented immigrants on July 3 near the border and driving them inland for a fee.

Republican party officials and campaign staffers for US president Donald Trump prefer riding with Uber, while almost completely ignoring Lyft. That’s according to campaign filings reviewed by Quartz, spanning from Jan. 1 to now.

US president Donald Trump’s “Salute to America” Fourth of July celebration will feature tanks, military plane flyovers—and potential clashes between white supremacists and counter-protesters.

Last month, Simon Andreas Langer and his girlfriend completed a month-long trip across the American Southwest. Now he’s facing federal smuggling charges for allegedly trying to take home endangered cactus seeds. The charge carries a potential prison term of up to 10 years.

Mental health issues are plaguing the ranks of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), as officers deal with increasing job stress related to the crisis at the southern border and lingering financial problems caused by the partial government shutdown.

When US president Donald Trump stepped into North Korea on Sunday to “shake hands” with Kim Jong Un, his ever-present red necktie—hanging, as always, several inches longer than what is generally considered customary—was right there with him.

A California man who answered a Craigslist ad looking for a driver wound up getting hit with federal charges when his passengers turned out to be undocumented immigrants who snuck into the country moments earlier.