Congress Drops Burn Pit Exposure from Pentagon Research List Congress didn't include burn pit exposure on its list of illnesses the Pentagon issues for peer-review research.
VA Ordered to Report to Congress on Burn Pits Registry Findings Congress has directed the Veterans Affairs Department to report on its burn pits registry early next year.
Pentagon Officials Hail Iraqi Forces Retaking Ramadi from ISIS The recent success of Iraqi forces in retaking Ramadi showed that the U.S. strategy against ISIS is working, Defense...
US Gear and Guidance Played Key Role in Ramadi Success The Iraqi advance into Ramadi was proceeded by 21 armored bulldozers supplied by the U.S.
Coalition Airstrikes Killed 2,500 ISIS Fighters in December: Pentagon ISIS has lost about 40 percent of the territory it once controlled in Iraq and an estimated 2,500 fighters to coalition...
US Army Announces 1,800 Soldiers to Deploy to Iraq, Afghanistan The U.S. Army is deploying 1,800 soldiers to Iraq and Afghanistan over the next several months.
ISIS Burns Fighters Alive for Letting Ramadi Fall ISIS fighters who fled to the terror group's Iraqi stronghold of Mosul after being defeated in Ramadi were burned alive in...
US to Deploy More Trainers to Iraq Ahead of Mosul Push The U.S. will deploy "certainly hundreds" more troops to Iraq to train additional brigades which Prime Minister Haider al...
At Least 16 Civilians Killed to Date by US Warplanes: Centcom At least 16 Iraqi and Syrian civilians have been killed thus far by U.S. airstrikes, U.S. Central Command said Friday.
Carter Signals US Plans to Deploy More Troops to Iraq Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has again addressed the controversial issue of U.S. "boots on the ground" in Iraq and Syria.
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...
