US Forces Killed Islamic State's No. 2 Leader, Carter Says U.S. forces killed the No. 2 in the Islamic State's chain of command in an operation this month, Defense Secretary Carter...
No Plan Yet to Retake Raqqa: US Military Disarray among the various Syrian rebel factions backed by the U.S. has left them without a plan thus far to retake the ISIS...
ISIS Moving to Shore Up Defenses of Raqqa, Pentagon Says ISIS was moving to bolster the defenses of its self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa in Syria in fear of an imminent major attack.
Obama Criticizes Trumps Rhetoric on Radical Islamic Terrorism President Obama hit back at Trump and others who routinely criticize him for not using the phrase "radical Islamic terror."
US to Coordinate with French on Response to Nice Attacks The U.S. and France will coordinate a response to Nice expected to involve increased French support for the anti-ISIS...
Outgoing US Commander in Iraq: ISIS Collapsing on 'All Fronts' The outgoing commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria said Wednesday that "the enemy is in retreat on all fronts."
US Military Will Be in Mideast for 'a Long Time,' Carter Tells Troops Defense Secretary Ash Carter touched on ISIS, budgets, benefits and suicide rates in a video conversation with troops...
ISIS Leaders Believed to Be on the Run from Mosul The top ISIS leaders may be gone from Mosul, but enough tactical leaders remain to conduct a bloody defense, U.S. officials...
US Halts Airstrikes in Support of Turkish Military Inside Syria The U.S. has cut off air and ground support for Turkey’s actions inside Syria.
Trump Voices Hope that Russia Can Help in Fight Against ISIS In an interview set to air this week, Bill O'Reilly asks Trump why he respects Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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...
