Obama Rejects Criticism Over Iraq Pullout The Obama administration and Republican critics rehashed the 2011 U.S. withdrawal from Iraqi and whether it was necessary.
Pentagon: Airstrikes Fail to Break ISIL Momentum A top general said Monday that U.S. airstrikes have failed to break the momentum of Islamic extremists in Iraq.
Kurdish Relief Chopper Flips Over In Crash A Kurdish helicopter rescuing stranded Yazidi refugees flipped over and crashed Tuesday, killing the pilot.
Iraq Airstrikes Paid for by Military's OCO Budget The current U.S. air campaign in Iraq is being paid for from Overseas Contingency Operations funding.
President Sends 130 US Troops To Kurdistan The U.S. sent 130 troops to the Kurdish capital of Irbil on Tuesday to coordinate the relief of trapped refugees.
Ospreys in Irbil for Potential Rescue Mission MV-22 Ospreys flew into the Kurdish region of northern Iraq in another sign of the growing effort to counter Islamic...
Obama Says Airstrikes Break Mount Sinjar Siege More than 100 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from northern Iraq with the easing of the plight of the Yazidis.
Airstrikes Hit MRAPs and Humvees Captured by ISIL U.S. airstrikes have targeted U.S. vehicles captured by Islamic militants in northern Iraq.
US Operation Against ISIL in Iraq Remains Nameless The Pentagon has yet to come up with a name for the campaign of airstrikes and airdrops in northern Iraq.
US Warplanes Strike ISIL Forces Near Mosul Dam U.S. warplanes for the third day struck ISIL forces and positions around the Mosul dam on Monday.
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...