Trump administration ready to suspend Russian arms control pact
The Trump administration is poised to suspend a landmark, Soviet-era arms control pact with Russia, a move likely to inflame already high tensions between Washington and Moscow.Current and former...
View ArticleUS, Taliban agree to preliminary peace framework: report
U.S. and Taliban officials have agreed to an initial framework for a peace deal that could lead to the withdrawal of American forces in Afghanistan, The New York Times reported Monday.U.S. special...
View ArticleActing Pentagon chief: Talks with Taliban 'encouraging,' no troop...
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan said on Monday that there’s been “encouraging” progress in talks with the Taliban, though there is no concrete plan yet for the withdrawal of U.S. troops in...
View ArticleOvernight Defense — Presented by Raytheon — US envoy confirms draft peace...
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View ArticleDems to grill Pentagon brass on border troop deployment
Democrats are set to grill the Pentagon about the troop deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border amid what are expected to be contentious negotiations over border security funding to keep the government...
View ArticleTop intel chiefs contradict Trump on Iran, North Korea nuclear developments
Top leaders of the intelligence community on Tuesday directly contradicted President Trump’s claims about North Korea and Iran in a new assessment about nuclear developments in the two...
View ArticleUS officials in contrast to Trump warn of stark threat posed by ISIS
Intelligence officials on Tuesday offered stark warnings of the threats posed by the terrorist organization ISIS, a message in contrast with President Trump's declarations that the group has been...
View ArticleUS intel report warns of growing Russia, China alignment
U.S. intelligence leaders warned Tuesday that Russia and China are becoming increasingly aligned as the two nations seek to compete against the U.S. and its allies."Moscow's relationship with Beijing...
View ArticlePentagon chief won't say if officials are considering sending troops to...
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan on Tuesday would not say whether the Pentagon is considering sending 5,000 U.S. troops to Colombia.Shanahan told reporters at the Pentagon that he had not...
View ArticleDems press Pentagon officials to explain why troops are still at border
Democrats on Tuesday pressed top Pentagon officials on why thousands of active-duty troops were deployed to the southern border in October and why they continue to deployed.The Democratic lawmakers...
View ArticleMcConnell to rebut Trump on Syria, Afghanistan drawdown
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is poised to use a foreign policy bill to break with President Trump, saying on Tuesday that he will offer an amendment that would warn against a...
View ArticlePentagon to send a 'few thousand' more troops to southern border
The Pentagon will send “a few thousand” more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan announced Tuesday.Shanahan said the military is supporting the Department of...
View ArticleDems use legal pad notes to push back on a South American troop deployment
A pair of Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday used yellow notepads to denounce the idea of the U.S. sending troops into South America amid increasing political turmoil in Venezuela.The lawmakers poked at...
View ArticleDems reintroduce bill to prevent nuclear first strike without congressional...
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Tuesday announced that they will reintroduce a bill that would stop the president from being able to launch a first strike nuclear attack...
View ArticleTrump war strategy takes one-two punch
President Trump’s strategy in Syria and Afghanistan took a one-two punch on Tuesday, first from his own intelligence officials and then from the Senate’s top Republican.The top intelligence officials...
View ArticleTrump reassured Kurdish leader about support despite Syrian drawdown: report
President Trump on Monday spoke with a Kurdish leader at the Trump International hotel in Washington, D.C., where he expressed his fondness for the Kurds amid plans to pull U.S. troops out of Syria....
View ArticleOvernight Defense — Presented by Raytheon — Intel leaders break with Trump on...
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View ArticleTrump blasts intel chiefs as 'passive and naive'
President Trump on Wednesday blasted top intelligence leaders for being "wrong" about their new assessment on Iran's nuclear developments."The Intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive...
View ArticleDems introduce bill barring US from using nuclear weapons first
A pair of top Democrats in the House and Senate on Wednesday reintroduced a bill to make it U.S. policy not to use nuclear weapons first.The bill was introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a...
View ArticleLawmakers renew fight with Trump over Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Congress is poised to face off with President Trump for a second time over his administration's policy toward Saudi Arabia, as lawmaker groups in both chambers reintroduce resolutions to end U.S....
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