US Central Command said in a press release on Tuesday that its forces supported airstrikes near Kirkuk, Iraq, on January 31 that it claimed killed five ISIS operatives. The command said the airstrikes were carried out by Iraqi government security forces and "enabled"...
The Pentagon is drafting plans to withdraw all US troops from Syria after President Trump and officials close to him expressed interest in the idea, NBC News reported on Wednesday. Israeli media recently reported that the US informed Israel it planned to pull out of...
The online news site Puck has reported that Jared Kushner was involved in crafting President Trump's plan for the US to "take over" Gaza, which involves the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population. Citing Puck, The Times of Israel reported that Kushner, Trump's...
President Trump said on Tuesday that the US would "take over" the Gaza Strip, a surprise announcement he made while speaking with reporters at the White House during a press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and...
On Tuesday, President Trump signed an executive order to reinstate a policy of "maximum pressure" against Iran. "Maximum pressure" refers to the Iran policy of the previous Trump administration, which involved withdrawing from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, imposing...
Alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, President Trump said Palestinians should be removed from Gaza on a "permanent" basis. "You look over the decades, it's all death in Gaza. This has been happening for years, it's all death. If we...
Two US Air Force B-1 bombers joined Philippine fighter jets in a flight over the South China Sea on Tuesday near the Scarborough Shoal, a disputed reef that's controlled by China. A spokesman for the Philippine Armed Forces said the provocative flight was the first...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) touted the role of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in meddling in the affairs of other countries during a rally outside of the agency's headquarters in Washington on Monday. "USAID chases China all around the world, making...
On Tuesday, the Virginia House of Delegates passed the Defend the Guard Act, legislation that would prohibit the deployment of the state's National Guard to combat zones without a declaration of war from Congress, as required by the Constitution. The bill passed...
US weapons shipments to Ukraine were briefly paused by the Trump administration but resumed over the weekend, Reuters reported on Monday, citing people briefed on the matter. It was unclear if the Trump administration's pause on foreign aid included weapons shipments...
