Pompeo defends intelligence behind Soleimani strike amid press grilling
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday defended the decision to authorize a drone strike to kill Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, saying intelligence suggested that he was plotting a “large-scale”...
View ArticleNavy says Russian warship 'aggressively approached' US vessel in...
A Russian warship "aggressively approached" a U.S. Naval destroyer in the North Arabian Sea on Thursday, Navy officials said Friday."While conducting routine operations in the North Arabian Sea, USS...
View ArticleDem senator: 'Blowing smoke' to say Iranian general posed an...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Friday dismissed the Trump administration’s characterization that Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani posed an “imminent threat” to U.S. interests, saying officials have...
View ArticleUS launched second attack targeting Iranian official in Yemen: report
U.S. forces launched a secret mission against a senior Iranian military official in Yemen the same day that the U.S. military killed a top Iranian commander in Iraq’s capitol, The Washington Post...
View ArticleKhanna: Timing of Iran bill being weighed against getting bigger majority
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who is sponsoring a bill to block funding for military action against Iran, said Friday that Democrats are weighing speed against the size of the vote as they determine the...
View ArticleGreen groups raise alarms about alleged Pentagon incineration of...
A group of environmental organizations is raising alarms about the Defense Department’s alleged incineration of PFAS chemicals, also called “forever chemicals” due to their persistence in the...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Pompeo defends intel on Soleimani strike | Iraqi PM tells...
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View ArticleFederal court upholds block keeping Air Force from discharging HIV-positive...
A federal appeals court Friday upheld a lower court’s injunction blocking the Air Force from discharging two HIV-positive airmen."A ban on deployment may have been justified at a time when HIV...
View ArticleBomb claimed by Taliban kills two US troops in Afghanistan
Two U.S. troops were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday in a roadside bombing attack that was claimed by the Taliban in the southern part of the country.The U.S.-led coalition in Kabul said in a...
View ArticleSources say over 12 Saudi servicemen to be expelled from US following Naval...
Over a dozen Saudi servicemen who were training at various U.S. military bases are being expelled from the country, following the deadly December shooting at a Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla.,...
View ArticlePentagon chief says he 'didn't see' intelligence suggesting...
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on Sunday that he did not see intelligence that supported President Trump’s comments that the Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike was plotting attacks...
View ArticleAmash: Trump claim about US embassy threats 'seems to be totally made...
Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.), an Independent who left the Republican Party last year, said Sunday that President Trump's claim that Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was plotting attacks against four U.S....
View ArticlePentagon IDs two soldiers killed in Afghanistan
The Department of Defense identified two U.S. soldiers Sunday that were killed the day before in a roadside bombing attack in Afghanistan that was claimed by the Taliban. The soldiers were identified...
View ArticleDemocrats scramble to rein in Trump's Iran war powers
Democrats are racing against the clock to shore up support for checking President Trump’s war powers as the fight shifts to the Senate.Lawmakers looking to limit Trump’s ability to take military action...
View ArticleUS troops clear rubble, debris from Iraq base struck by Iranian missiles
U.S. crews at the Ain al-Asad military base in western Iraq cleared debris from the scene of an Iranian missile strike on Monday, with officials telling reporters that at least 10 missiles struck the...
View ArticleTrump says it doesn't matter if Soleimani posed an imminent threat
President Trump on Monday downplayed the significance of any imminent threat to the U.S. before he ordered the strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, raising new questions about the...
View ArticleHouse chairman: Pompeo won't testify at Iran hearing Tuesday
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not testify at a House committee hearing on Iran on Tuesday, the committee’s chairman announced Monday.“I’m disappointed and frustrated that Secretary Pompeo will...
View ArticleGroup criticizes blessing of 'official Bible' for Space Force
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) condemned the blessing of an "official Bible" for the swearing-in of commanders of the newly created Space Force.The group issued its statement after...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Trump says it 'doesn't really matter' if...
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View ArticleTrump plans to divert $7.2 billion from Pentagon for border wall...
President Trump plans to divert $7.2 billion from the Pentagon to go toward border wall construction this year, an amount five times greater than what Congress authorized in the budget, The Washington...
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