WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government formally acknowledged on Wednesday for the first time that it had killed four Americans in counterterrorism operations in Yemen and Pakistan, where the United States has carried out regular drone strikes. Full story
MSNBC political analyst Michael Eric Dyson considers the political minefield President Obama will attempt to navigate at a major counter-terrorism speech Thursday.
President Obama will discuss his administration's handling of a range of counter-terrorism issues on Thursday, including the controversial U.S. drone program. Full story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration has decided to give the Pentagon control of some drone operations against terrorism suspects overseas that are currently run by the CIA, several U.S. government sources said on Monday. Full story
SAN MATEO, Calif. — The word "drone" tends to conjure up images of planes that kill terrorists or of creepy surveillance tools. Full story
SANAA (Reuters) - Two suspected al Qaeda militants were killed on Monday in a drone strike on their vehicle south of the capital Sanaa, tribal and government sources said. Full story
Newsweek's Daniel Klaidman is reporting that President Obama is getting ready to deliver a big speech on drones, Guantanamo, counterterrorism and the administration's national security agenda. Chris Hayes talks with Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California, the only member of either house
Soldiers in Oregon have been allowed to use civilian air space to begin their training flying drones, which will eventually be used overseas. KNDU's Don Granese reports.
Drone aircraft is now getting use in commercial applications, reports CNBC's Jon Fortt. The drone industry could create as many as 100,000 jobs.
As the Senate Judiciary held a hearing on the use of drones, host Chris Hayes talks about the implications of drone strikes with author Joshua Foust, independent journalist Madiha and Open Zion's Ali Gharib.
Chris Hayes talks with Farea al-Muslimi, a Yemeni writer and youth activist whose home village was hit in a U.S. drone strike last week, about what happens to entire populations of people who live through drone strikes overseas.
FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. A computer virus that captures the strokes on a keyboard has infected networks used by pilots who control U.S. Air Force drones flown on the warfront, ac
Northrop Grumman test pilot Dave Lorenz is pictured with an arm-mounted controller before successfully launching an X-47B pilot-less drone combat aircraft for the first time off an aircraft carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, May 14, 2013. The U.S. Na
Northrop Grumman test pilot Bruce McFadden gives a thumbs-up after successfully launching an X-47B pilot-less drone combat aircraft for the first time off an aircraft carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, May 14, 2013. The U.S. Navy made aviation histor
