O'Rourke: Trump 'provoking' war with Iran by sending troops to...
Presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke (D) denounced President Trump's announcement that the U.S. will send 1,500 troops to the Middle East on Saturday and questioned the administration's claim of a threat...
View ArticleAttorneys general from 47 states ask DeVos to cancel disabled veterans'...
Attorneys general from 47 states, three territories and the District of Columbia wrote a letter Friday to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos asking her to cancel student debt for veterans permanently and...
View ArticleTrump defense pick expected to face tense confirmation
Patrick Shanahan is facing questions about whether he is too deferential to President Trump as he awaits confirmation to be the full-time Defense secretary.Shanahan's predecessor, James Mattis, was...
View ArticleMike Pence delivers West Point commencement address
Vice President Mike Pence told U.S. Military Academy graduates on Saturday that they will fight for America at some point in their lives."It is a virtual certainty that you will fight on a battlefield...
View ArticleGOP Armed Services senator breaks with Trump: I find North Korean missile...
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Armed Services committee, broke with President Trump on Sunday over North Korean missile tests.Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Ernst said she...
View ArticleButtigieg: US 'policy has to be to avoid escalation in the Persian...
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Sunday slammed the White House’s handling of increasing tensions in the Middle East, saying the plans seem to be “driven as much by domestic politics...
View ArticleButtigieg accuses Trump of 'slander against veterans' with comments...
Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said on Sunday the idea of President Trump pardoning accused or convicted war criminals “undermines the very foundations, legal and moral, of this...
View ArticleGOP senator: Trump needs to be 'very careful' on pardons of...
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on Sunday urged President Trump to be "careful" in his reported plans to pardon a number of military servicemen who were accused of war crimes.Ernst told CNN’s Dana Bash on...
View ArticleIranian foreign minister: 'We will defend against any war efforts'
Iran's foreign minister said Sunday that the country will defend itself against any "war efforts" amid rising tensions with the U.S., Reuters reported.“We will defend against any war efforts against...
View ArticleTrump: 'We're not looking for regime change' in Iran
President Trump on Monday sounded an optimistic note about future negotiations with Iran, saying at a press conference in Japan that he's not looking for regime change despite increasing tensions...
View ArticleUS Navy pilots detail sightings of unidentified flying objects
A group of U.S. Navy pilots reported seeing unidentified flying objects while training over the East Coast in 2014 and 2015 in an interview with The New York Times published Monday.Multiple Navy pilots...
View ArticleIran: 'We currently see no prospect of negotiations with America'
Iranian officials on Tuesday said they see no benefit to negotiating with President Trump or members of his administration as tensions between the two nations have reached the highest point in...
View ArticleTrump criticizes aircraft carrier design as 'wrong'
President Trump criticized plans to overhaul some U.S. aircraft carriers' catapults while speaking to sailors aboard an assault ship stationed in Japan on Tuesday.During his remarks, the president once...
View ArticleService members wear 'Make Aircrew Great Again' patches in Japan
President Trump on Monday greeted troops stationed in Japan aboard the USS Wasp, some of whom donned morale patches that featured a play on his campaign slogan.Reporters traveling with the president...
View ArticleBiden campaign slams Trump for criticizing former vice president on foreign soil
Joe Biden's campaign on Tuesday issued a sharp response to President Trump's criticism of the former vice president while on a state visit to Japan, calling the president's attacks on his potential...
View ArticleState Department calls Russian, Syrian airstrikes a 'reckless...
The State Department on Tuesday called recent Russian and Syrian government airstrikes in northwest Syria a “reckless escalation” as Syrian president Bashar Assad seeks to oust rebels from the...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Republican blocks disaster aid package that includes money...
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View ArticleUS identifies remains of more American soldiers from North Korea
The Pentagon announced Tuesday it has identified a total of six troops from the remains North Korea gave the U.S. last year from the Korean War.Lt. Col. Ken Hoffman, a spokesman for the U.S. Defense...
View ArticleFurious lawmakers aim to block Trump's Saudi arms sales
Lawmakers who are furious about President Trump’s decision to circumvent Congress and sell weapons to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf allies are now searching for a way to thwart the sale.Experts say...
View ArticleNavy SEAL considered for pardon by Trump wants case dismissed, citing...
A Navy SEAL accused of war crimes filed a motion for his case to be thrown out, accusing prosecutors of withholding exculpatory evidence, according to The Associated Press.Special Operations Chief...
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