Concerns about Fatigue Mount as Iraqi Troops Prepare to Retake Mosul The elite Iraqi troops with the most U.S training have been called on to take the lead again in the push to oust ISIS from...
US Helicopters May Aid Iraqi Forces in Fight to Retake Mosul from ISIS A top U.S. commander said he was ready to commit AH-64 Apache attack helicopters for a push to retake Mosul that the Iraqis...
Number of US Troops in Iraq More Than 4,000, Exceeds Previous Claims The U.S. currently has more than 4,400 troops in Iraq, well above the number frequently cited by the Obama administration.
Former ISIS Sex Slaves Now Army of 'Sun Ladies' Ready to Defeat Group They witnessed the slaughter of their families on Mount Sinjar, and then were forced by ISIS into sexual slavery. Now the...
Cost of Anti-ISIS Campaign Now Passes $6 Billion The 20-month-old campaign to defeat ISIS has now cost the U.S. more than $6 billion.
B-1 Bombers Out of Mix for US Campaigns in Iraq, Syria B-1 bombers have been sent back to the U.S. for upgrades and are out of the mix indefinitely for the air campaign against...
Missing Radioactive Material in Iraq Prompts Search, ISIS Fears A desperate hunt for "highly dangerous" radioactive material is on in Iraq, where officials fear it could be used to make a...
ISIS Feels Strain in Iraq as Forces Prep to Retake Mosul: US Commander The U.S. commander in Iraq said ISIS is feeling strain from shrinking resources as the Iraqi government gears up to retake...
Carter's 'Cyberbombs' Part of Plan to Retake Mosul Cyber attacks and more involvement by U.S. advisors will be part of the plan to retake Mosul, Gen. Joseph Dunford said Monday...
US SpecOps Troops Capture 'Significant' ISIS Operative in Iraq A U.S. special operations assault force captured an ISIS operative during a recent raid in northern Iraq, an official...
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...