Special Operations Teams to Iraq, Syria Puts More Boots on the Ground The deployment of Special Operations teams to Iraq will put more U.S. troops in combat despite President Obama's ban on...
British Airstrikes Hit IS Oil Fields, Aim to Deal 'Real Blow' British warplanes hit oil fields that help finance the activities of the Islamic State in Britain’s first airstrikes...
Female Attacker Reportedly Pledged Allegiance to ISIS Before Massacre The Pakistani woman who with her husband gunned down 14 at a California holiday party reportedly pledged allegiance to ISIS.
US Air Force Wants to Ease Technology Transfers to Allies, James Says Air Force Secretary Deborah James says the service should speed up some technology transfers to US allies.
US Air Force Running Out of Bombs to Fight ISIS The US military says its 15-month bombing campaign on the Islamic State is depleting its munitions supply.
Obama: US Should Avoid 'Long and Costly Ground War' in Iraq and Syria President Barack Obama said the U.S. should avoid a “long and costly ground war” in Iraq and Syria.
France Takes Command of NAVCENT Task Force 50 A French flag officer took command of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command's Task Force 50 Dec. 7, leading coalition naval...
Iraqis Make Gains in Drive to Retake Ramadi from ISIS: Pentagon Iraqi forces have pushed toward the center of Ramadi amid predictions that they would retake the capital of Anbar province...
Trump's Statements About Muslims Hurt Fight against ISIS: Pentagon Iraqi forces have pushed toward the center of Ramadi amid predictions that they would retake the capital of Anbar province...
House Committee Votes to Directly Arm Kurds in Northern Iraq A House committee has approved a bill calling on the president to directly arm the Kurds fighting ISIS in northern Iraq...
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...