US to Engage Taliban in Peace Talks The White House on Tuesday announced its support of direct talks with the Taliban aimed at ending the 12-year-old war that...
WH Considers 'Zero Option' for Afghanistan The U.S. retains the "zero option" of leaving Afghanistan without a residual force of trainers and advisers at the end of...
Dempsey Fails to Reach Post-2014 Afghan Agreement Gen. Martin Dempsey came away from meetings with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul Monday having made little progress...
Report: Afghan Corruption Threatens US Drawdown The progress made by Afghan forces in taking the security lead from allied troops has been offset by Afghanistan's deep...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
