Obama Pressing Congress for Bills on ISIS and Ebola President Obama said he would lobby Congress for a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force bill to combat ISIS and...
US Ends 2014 with More Airstrikes in Iraq and Boot Camps for Iraqis Through Dec. 28, U.S. and coalition partners had conducted 1,522 strikes against the organization known as ISIS.
US, Iraqi Forces Planning Spring Offensive to Repel ISIS from Mosul U.S. and Iraqi forces plan to launch an offensive this spring designed to repel Islamic militants from the northern city of...
US Commander Denies Ramadi Has Fallen to ISIS ISIS has renewed attacks and made gains in the key cities of Ramadi and Baiji but the terror group remains on the defensive...
Obama Orders 450 More US Troops to Iraq The U.S. is sending 450 more troops to Iraq to bring more Sunnis in Anbar province into the fight against ISIS and shape up...
White House Defends Turkish Deal Following Attacks on Kurds The White House and the Pentagon defended the deal for use of the Incirlik airbase to attack ISIS against charges that Turkey...
US Commander Rejects Iraqi Complaints on Lack of Airstrikes A lack of U.S. airstrikes was not to blame for the lengthy delays in Iraqi efforts to retake Ramadi, a U.S. commander said...
Iraqi Army -- And US -- Go Back to Conventional War Basics The U.S. is retraining the Iraqi army in conventional warfare fundamentals, even as the U.S. Army re-focuses on core skills.
US to Send Special Operations Forces to Syria The U.S. plans to send a small team of Special Operations forces to Syria, according to military sources.
US A-10 Attack Planes Hit ISIS Oil Convoy to Crimp Terror Funding A huge ISIS oil truck convoy was among the targets in the first U.S. airstrikes since the Paris terror attacks.
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...
