Rand Paul blocks resolution calling for release of Mueller report
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blocked a resolution calling for special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia probe be made public, marking the fifth time Republicans have blocked the House-passed...
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View ArticleLawmakers urge Trump not to veto Yemen resolution
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in both the House and Senate are requesting a meeting with President Trump to urge him not to veto their bill cutting off U.S. military support for the Saudi-led...
View ArticleUS military admits two civilian deaths in Somalia airstrikes
U.S. Africa Command (Africom) is acknowledging for the first time its airstrikes in Somalia have killed civilians.In a Friday statement, Africom said two civilians were killed in an April 1, 2018,...
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View ArticleSecrecy behind Saudi nuclear talks infuriates Congress
Congressional anger is growing over President Trump’s efforts to secure a nuclear energy deal with Saudi Arabia.Lawmakers first became wary of the plans when the Saudis refused to accept limits...
View ArticleTrump labels Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terror group
The Trump administration announced Monday it is labeling Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a “foreign terrorist organization,” the first time the United States has applied the label to an entire government...
View Article3 US servicemembers, contractor killed by IED in Afghanistan
Three U.S. service members and a contractor were killed on Monday by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.NATO's Afghanistan mission said in a statement that three others were injured and are...
View ArticleIran labels US forces in Middle East terrorist group after Trump blacklists...
Iran responded to President Trump’s designation of its Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization on Monday by declaring the same for U.S. military forces in the Middle East.Calling Trump’s...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Trump labels elite Iranian military unit a terrorist group...
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View ArticleWarren, Gillibrand ask Defense whether border deployments hurt troop readiness
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) are among a group of six Senate Democrats calling on the Department of Defense to explain whether deployments to the southern border are...
View ArticleDem rep presses Trump officials on civilian casualties in Yemen
A Democratic congressman is pressing the Trump administration on U.S. involvement in two recent high-profile instances of civilian casualties in Yemen.Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) is sending separate...
View ArticleContractor reported killed in Afghan blast found alive
An Afghan contractor initially reported killed in an improvised explosive device blast Monday has been found alive, the U.S. military said Tuesday.U.S. Forces Afghanistan had announced Monday that...
View ArticleTop general: Marines's cost for border deployment is $6.2M
The Marine Corps’s cost to deploy to the southern border has so far been about $6.2 million, the service’s top general said Tuesday.Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller made waves last month when...
View ArticleTop senators warn Turkey: Choose between Russia missile system or US fighter jet
The top four members of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees are warning Turkey it will need to make a choice between the United States and Russia for its defense needs.In a New...
View ArticleNuclear commander nominated to be No. 2 general in US
The general in charge of the U.S. nuclear arsenal has been nominated to be the country’s second-highest-ranking military officer, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson announced Tuesday.Wilson said at a...
View ArticleTop Armed Services Republican: 'I don't think anybody is...
The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee said Tuesday that he doesn’t think “anybody is satisfied” with the Trump administration’s Space Force proposal.Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas)...
View ArticlePentagon says border missions to cost over $500 million
The Trump administration's deployment of troops to the southern border is expected to cost at least $534 million by the end of the fiscal year in September, the Pentagon told lawmakers in a letter...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Air Force general tapped for Pentagon No. 2 | Dem presses...
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View ArticlePentagon awards first border wall contracts for diverted funds
The Pentagon announced Tuesday it had awarded nearly $1 billion in contracts to build President Trump’s border wall, with the construction set to end in October 2020.Texas-based company SLSCO Ltd. was...
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