Pence says US will join Australia on plan to redevelop Pacific naval base
Vice President Pence announced Saturday that the United States would join Australia in bolstering a naval base on the Manus Island of Papua New Guinea.The plan, which Pence unveiled during a speech at...
View ArticleTrump: Troops to stay on border ‘as long as necessary’
President Trump on Saturday insisted that troops will be stationed at the southern border for “as long as necessary,” despite calls to send the service members home for Thanksgiving.Trump spoke with...
View ArticleTrump defends border deployment amid fresh scrutiny
President Trump on Saturday defended his decision to order thousands of active-duty troops to the nation's southern border amid increasing scrutiny from lawmakers demanding answers on the...
View ArticleTrump and Congress on collision course with military spending
The House, Senate and President Trump are heading toward a collision over next year’s defense budget.A recent report ordered by Congress found that the U.S. military is facing a "grave" erosion in...
View ArticleTop Trump Saudi policy official resigns
Kirsten Fontenrose, a top White House official responsible for U.S. policy toward Saudi Arabia, resigned Friday evening, according to a New York Times report.The director for the Persian Gulf region on...
View ArticleGraham: Saudi crown prince is ‘irrational’ and ‘unhinged’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in an interview on Sunday called Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman "irrational" and "unhinged," saying he has weakened the ties between Washington and Riyadh."I think...
View ArticleUS special envoy hoping for peace deal with Taliban by April: report
U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad reportedly said Sunday that he hopes a peace deal is reached with the Taliban in Afghanistan before an April 20 deadline. He said he is "cautiously optimistic" about the...
View ArticleTaliban says 'no agreement' reached with US on Afghan war ending
Taliban leaders have rejected a deadline of April 2019 to end the long-running war in Afghanistan, Reuters reported Monday.U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who is representing the U.S. in...
View ArticleUS Customs stops traffic into country at key border point of entry
U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) over the weekend shut down traffic flowing into the country at a key point of entry on the southern border.The move comes as agents work to secure the...
View ArticleOfficial: UAE complying with Iran sanctions 'as it is published by the...
The United Arab Emirates is fully complying with the U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran earlier this month, despite what it costs the country in trade, a UAE economy ministry official said Monday.“We are...
View ArticleRetired Gen. McChrystal: Trump criticism of McRaven 'simply wrong'...
Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal slammed President Trump on Monday for his criticism of retired Adm. William McRaven, the leader of the 2011 mission that killed Osama bin Laden.“The president is simply...
View ArticleFormer Navy SEAL who killed bin Laden defends mission after Trump criticism
The former Navy SEAL who reportedly killed Osama bin Laden defended the mission on Monday after President Trump said the U.S. should have killed the al Qaeda leader sooner."The mission to get bin Laden...
View ArticleTrump administration to accuse Iran of chemical weapons violations: report
The Trump administration reportedly intends to accuse Iran of violating an international treaty that bars the use of chemical weapons because it has maintained the facilities and equipment needed to...
View ArticleGOP: Retired admiral who Trump attacked is ‘hardly a non-political figure’
The Republican National Committee used Twitter on Monday to defend President Trump's ongoing criticism of retired Navy Adm. William McRaven, tweeting that the former Navy SEAL is "hardly a...
View ArticlePanetta: Trump is undermining his position as commander in chief with McRaven...
Former CIA Director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday called on President Trump to apologize to retired Adm. William McRaven, saying that Trump is "undermining his position as commander in...
View ArticleTrump stokes new unlikely feud
President Trump on Monday stoked his latest unlikely feud —a fight with the decorated admiral who oversaw the mission that killed Osama bin Laden.Trump lashed out at retired Adm. William McRaven in an...
View ArticleDem senator demands public intelligence assessment on Khashoggi killing
A Democratic senator is calling on the U.S. intelligence community to issue a public assessment on the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the wake of news reports that the CIA concluded Saudi Crown...
View ArticlePentagon to begin drawdown of troops at border: report
The Pentagon is planning to begin a drawdown of troops at the southern border as soon as this week, the Army commander overseeing the mission told Politico on Monday.Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan told...
View ArticleTrump to grant troops authority to protect border personnel from violence:...
President Trump is expected to give troops on the border the authority to protect Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel if they are attacked by migrants crossing into the country, CNN reported...
View ArticleTrump discussing visit overseas to troops following criticism: report
President Trump has recently been telling advisers that he is considering visiting U.S. troops in combat zones overseas amid growing criticism for not yet doing so, according to The Washington...
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