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View Article2020 Dems avoid this year's AIPAC conference
Democrats running for their party’s presidential nomination in 2020 are staying away from next week’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference, in what progressive groups see as a...
View ArticleTwo US service members killed in Afghanistan
Two U.S. service members were killed in Afghanistan on Friday during an operation as part of the NATO-led Resolute Support mission.NATO provided no further details in a statement and declined to reveal...
View ArticleWhite House: ISIS territory in Syria has been 100 percent eliminated
The White House said Friday the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has lost all of its territory in Syria, an announcement that has long been promised by President Trump.White House press secretary...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Trump to reverse North Korea sanctions imposed by Treasury...
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View ArticleTrump waiting on watchdog findings for Pentagon head: report
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan's bid to become the Defense Department's next permanent chief has been reportedly put on hold due to an ethics investigation as well as a series of public...
View ArticleUS-backed forces claim victory over Islamic State, declare caliphate defeated
U.S.-backed forces declared victory over the Islamic State on Saturday after retaking the last village held by the terrorist group in Syria, marking an end to the militants' years-long hold on large...
View Article16 times Trump said ISIS was defeated, or soon would be
President Trump said in a statement Saturday that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been defeated, and that the U.S., as part of a coalition, "has has liberated all ISIS-controlled...
View ArticleFive things to watch as AIPAC conference kicks off
The annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference is kicking off Sunday as U.S. politics surrounding Israel increasingly becomes a wedge issue.A slate of high-profile figures from...
View ArticleIsraeli envoy: Trump will formally recognize Israel's control of Golan...
President Trump’s decision to recognize Israel’s control of the Golan Heights will be formalized Monday when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House, Israel’s ambassador to the...
View ArticleHoyer defends Israel in veiled shot at Omar
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) delivered Sunday a strong defense of Israel to thousands of attendees at a pro-Israel conference in a veiled rebuke of freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar...
View ArticlePentagon sends ships through Taiwan Strait amid tensions with China
The Pentagon sent U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday amid growing tensions between China and Taiwan.“The ships’ transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S....
View ArticlePence hits 2020 Dems for skipping AIPAC
Vice President Pence hit Democratic presidential candidates for skipping an annual pro-Israel conference during his own address at the event on Monday.“Anyone who aspires to the highest office in the...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Coalition carries out mop-up operations against ISIS in...
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View ArticlePentagon: 'Milestone' ICBM missile intercept test a success
Pentagon officials on Monday announced the success of a first-of-its-kind missile defense test in California.The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System (GMD), a...
View ArticlePentagon authorizes $1B in counter-drug money for Trump's border wall
The Pentagon has approved the transfer of up to $1 billion to build 57 miles of President Trump's southern border wall, according to a Defense Department statement released Monday night.Acting Defense...
View ArticlePelosi at AIPAC: 'We will never allow anyone to make Israel a wedge...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stressed at a pro-Israel conference Tuesday that congressional support for Israel remains bipartisan, saying no one should be allowed to make it a wedge...
View ArticleDemocratic chairman rejects Pentagon's use of $1 billion for...
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) on Tuesday rejected a Pentagon request to move $1 billion from counter-drug funding to help build President Trump's promised border wall,...
View ArticleCoast Guard has still not recovered from shutdown, commandant says
The commandant of the Coast Guard said Tuesday that it has not yet fully recovered from the effects of the partial government shutdown, which ended in January.“I think we’re 75 percent reconstituted,”...
View ArticleTrump signs executive order on protecting US from potential EMP attacks
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to identify the threats posed by potential electromagnetic pulses (EMP), which are believed to be potentially dangerous...
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