Pompeo names Ford exec as special envoy to North Korea
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has named a senior executive with Ford Motor Company to be the State Department’s special representative for North Korea.Stephen Biegun, Ford's vice president of...
View ArticleOversight chair presses Mattis for details on probe into spokeswoman
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) is demanding answers from Defense Secretary James Mattis over reports that the Pentagon's top spokesperson is being...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Senate passes massive defense, domestic spending bill |...
THE TOPLINE: Senators passed a mammoth government funding bill on Thursday as Congress works to avoid a government shutdown next month.Senators voted 85-7 to pass bill the third "minibus" package of...
View ArticleFaced with opposition, Erik Prince shops his plan for Afghanistan
Erik Prince isn’t giving up.A year after the Trump administration rejected the Blackwater founder’s plan to replace most U.S. troops in Afghanistan with private contractors — an idea roundly criticized...
View ArticleJudge in transgender troops lawsuit knocks administration for withholding...
A federal judge Friday knocked the Trump administration for withholding information from those suing it over the transgender military ban as she declined to make a ruling on the case.In an order issued...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Trump nixes Pompeo's North Korea trip | McCain gets...
THE TOPLINE: President Trump on Friday said he has asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to put off his planned visit to North Korea and accused Pyongyang of slow-walking efforts to dismantle its...
View ArticleNorth Korea talks draw fresh scrutiny after canceled meeting
President Trump's decision Friday to abruptly put a hold on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's planned trip to North Korea is stoking concerns among foreign policy experts that Trump is pulling back on...
View ArticleForeign minister: US focused on 'psychological war' against Iran...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday that the U.S. is waging a “psychological war” against his nation and its trading partners.“[America’s] focus is on a psychological war against...
View ArticleIslamic State leader in Afghanistan killed in strike: report
The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Saad Erhabi, was reportedly killed in a strike on an ISIS-K hideout Saturday night, state authorities said Sunday.According to Reuters, 10 other members of...
View ArticleTrump battles a sense of inertia in Afghanistan
A year after reversing course on a key campaign pledge and announcing that U.S. troops would stay in Afghanistan with a tweaked strategy, President Trump is faced with a war that has seen little...
View ArticleIran: No need for US Navy in Gulf
A general in Iran said Monday that the country has control of the Persian Gulf and warned the U.S. Navy to not have a presence there, Reuters reported.General Alireza Tangsiri, the head of the navy of...
View ArticleVeteran groups tell Trump to lower flag to half-staff to honor McCain
Veterans groups are calling on President Trump to lower the White House flag to half-staff to honor Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who died on Saturday night of brain cancer. “It’s outrageous that the...
View ArticleLawmakers demand action, hearing in response to VA improperly denying sexual...
A bipartisan group of nearly a dozen lawmakers is calling for immediate action and an oversight hearing following a watchdog report that found the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has wrongly denied...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: McCain in farewell letter: 'We never surrender'...
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View ArticleRussia to hold largest war games since 1981
Russia is planning to hold its largest military exercise in nearly four decades, with the armies of China and Mongolia also taking part.The war games will be held next month and involve nearly 300,000...
View ArticleJapan labels North Korea a threat in annual defense review
Japan’s government said Tuesday that North Korea is still a serious nuclear threat and hasn’t made progress toward denuclearization, The Associated Press reported.“Its military actions have become an...
View ArticleMattis: 'No plans at this time to suspend' Korea war games
Defense Secretary James Mattis on Tuesday said that the Pentagon won’t suspend any future military exercises with South Korea.“We have no plans at this time to suspend any more exercises,” Mattis told...
View ArticleMattis rejects plan to privatize military effort in Afghanistan
Defense Secretary James Mattis on Tuesday shot down recently recirculated plans to privatize combat efforts in Afghanistan.“When the Americans put their nation’s credibility on the line, privatizing it...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Push to rename Senate building for McCain sparks GOP...
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View ArticleInhofe poised to take over McCain’s powerful Senate role
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) is poised to take the helm of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee following the death of Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.).No official announcements have been made...
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