Future of US Mission in Iraq in Doubt as Iraqis Take Kirkuk from Kurds The Iraqi Security Forces surged into Kirkuk on Monday as Kurdish forces mainly withdrew from the oil-rich city.
Pentagon: ISIS on the Ropes Despite Clash Between Iraqis, Kurds "Overall, ISIS is losing in every way," said U.S. Army Col. Ryan Dillon, a spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve.
Op-Ed: Will Kurdish Statehood Upend the Middle East? On Sept. 25, the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq announced that voters had backed a referendum to seek independence from...
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...
