Pompeo on Trump threat to strike Iranian cultural targets: 'We'll...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded Sunday to President Trump’s threat to attack 52 Iranian sites, including those "important to Iran & the Iranian culture" if Tehran retaliates for Gen....
View ArticlePompeo says administration's 'maximum pressure' strategy on...
Secretary of State Pompeo says President Trump’s “maximum pressure” strategy on Iran is “absolutely” working in the wake of a number of attacks culminating in the death of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani...
View ArticleCongress to clash over Trump's war powers
Democrats will attempt to curb President Trump’s war powers after a U.S. drone strike killed a senior Iranian military leader in what lawmakers are calling a major escalation that could lead to war....
View ArticleSchumer: 'We do not need this president either bumbling or impulsively...
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) stressed Sunday that congressional approval is needed to enter a war, saying President Trump’s decision to order the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem...
View ArticlePompeo: Trump threat of Iran strikes 'entirely consistent' with...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended President Trump’s threats to launch strikes against culturally significant Iranian sites as “entirely consistent” with a policy of de-escalation.“The...
View ArticleRubio: Trump has shown 'tremendous restraint' on Iran
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) defended the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani by the United States last week, saying President Trump had shown “tremendous restraint” on Iran prior to...
View ArticleGraham calls Iran 'the cancer of the Middle East'
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called Iran “the cancer of the Middle East,” while saying he was glad one of the country's top military leaders Gen. Qassem Soleimani was dead. Graham defended President...
View ArticleGovernment website altered to show pro-Iran message and photo of bloodied...
A government website was reportedly altered on Saturday to depict an image of President Trump bleeding from his mouth while getting punched in the face by a person wearing an Islamic Revolutionary...
View ArticleOmar, Lee introduce House resolution preventing US military action against...
Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) said in a press release Sunday that they would introduce a resolution to invoke the War Powers Act to withdraw U.S. troops from hostilities with...
View ArticleTrump says he'll sanction Iraq if US troops forced to leave
President Trump said Sunday that the United States would not leave Iraq on “friendly” terms and threatened to impose sanctions on the country if forced to withdraw American troops.“If they do ask us to...
View ArticleTrump: Iran will 'NEVER' have a nuclear weapon
President Trump vowed Monday that Iran will “NEVER” have a nuclear weapon, a day after Tehran announced it would no longer adhere to any limits of the 2015 nuclear deal.“IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR...
View ArticleEU officials to hold emergency meeting on saving Iran deal
European Union officials will hold an emergency meeting to discuss possible options for salvaging the 2015 Iran nuclear deal after Tehran announced this weekend it would abandon the deal’s limitations...
View ArticleJoe Kennedy presses for war authorization repeal vote following Soleimani strike
Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.) on Monday pressed for an immediate House vote to repeal aging presidential war powers following President Trump’s decision to forgo congressional input and launch a drone...
View ArticlePoll: 43 percent approve of Trump strike on Soleimani
About 4 in 10 Americans approve of President Trump's decision to order the airstrike that killed a top Iranian military commander, according to a new HuffPost-YouGov survey. The poll, which was...
View ArticleSchumer: Senate must vote on resolution limiting Trump on Iran
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Monday that the chamber will have to vote on a resolution limiting President Trump's ability to take military action against Iran. Schumer,...
View ArticleEsper's chief of staff to depart at end of January
Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s chief of staff will step down at the end of the month after a little more than two years at the Pentagon, adding to the string of high-profile civilians to leave the...
View ArticleDefense secretary denies US troops leaving Iraq
Defense Secretary Mark Esper denied Monday that U.S. troops would withdraw from Iraq after a letter circulated online suggested otherwise.Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,...
View ArticleUS Africa Command identifies soldier killed in al-Shabaab attack in Kenya
The Defense Department on Monday confirmed the death of the soldier killed over the weekend in a terror attack on a Kenyan airbase used by U.S. troops.Spc. Henry Mayfield Jr., 23, of Evergreen Park,...
View ArticleGraham says he warned Trump against targeting Iranian culture sites
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Monday that he warned President Trump against targeting Iranian cultural sites — a step the president has repeatedly threatened if Iran retaliates over the death of...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Washington returns to Iran crisis | Defense chief denies...
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