U.S. Calls for Air Strikes on Pro-Syrian Forces for Building Defenses
The U.S.-led coalition waged an air strike against a pro-Syrian militia saying “it appeared” the Syrian forces were poised to attack an area...
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Does Trump Even Know Enough Intel to be Dangerous?
Anonymous Trump administration officials are claiming, off the record, that President Trump did not share classified information with the Russians because he is...
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Putin Offers “Transcript” to Prove Trump Did Not Reveal Classified Intel
As the beleaguered White House continues to fumble its way through the escalating scandal of whether or not President Trump revealed sensitive, classified...
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Did Trump Reveal Classified Intelligence to the Russians?
When President Donald Trump met with Russian officials in the Oval Office last week, he went “off script” and revealed sensitive, classified intelligence,...
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North Korea’s Letter to Congress Says Pyongyang to Speed Up Nuke Program in Response to Sanctions
A North Korean parliamentary committee sent a letter to the U.S. House protesting a bill to impose sanctions on Pyongyang and threatened to...
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Arming Syrian Kurds, Trump Expands Obama’s Policy
President Donald Trump has approved a Pentagon plan to directly arm the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) — a group of Syrian Kurds with...
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Russian No-fly Zone Plan for Syria Would Apply to U.S. Planes — But Only if We Send Them
A Russian plan establish “de-escalation zones” in Syria would bar military aircraft from all countries including the U.S.-led coalition from “no-fly” zones in...
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Al-Qaeda Claims It Is Fighting Alongside U.S.-backed Coalition in Yemen
The leader of al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen said that his followers are now allied to the U.S.-backed forces fighting against Shia rebels known as...
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Trump Latest President to Slight Taiwan, Favor Communist China
Donald Trump has joined the "grand tradition" of American presidents — dating back to Harry Truman — of slighting Taiwan's non-Communist government, in favor of...
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Tillerson Say U.S. Open to Talks With North Korea — Seeks Denuclearized Korean Peninsula
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the administration is open to having direct talks with North Korea, if the agenda focuses on denuclearizing...
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In Bizarre Reversal, Trump Seeks to Empower UN
Despite regularly ridiculing the United Nations and repeatedly proposing a scaled-back U.S. role in it, President Donald Trump struck a very different tone...
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U.S. 7th Fleet Conducting Joint Exercises With Japan, South Korea
U.S. Navy ships are conducting simultaneous naval exercises with ships from the Republic of Korea and Japan on April 25 and 26. ...
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North Korea Threatens to Attack U.S. Carrier Group; Detains U.S. Citizen
North Korea’s state-run website Uriminzokkiri reported that the Pyongyang regime threatened to “bury [the USS Carl Vinson] at sea.” ...
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North Korea Threatens U.S. With “All Out War” and “Weekly Missile Tests”
North Korea’s Han Song-Ryal said, “If the U.S. is reckless enough to use military means it would mean … an all-out war,” and...
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During Visit to Asia, Pence Warns North Korea and Reassures Japan
During a visit to Asia, Vice President Pence warned North Korea that it should not test U.S. resolve and assured Japan’s leaders: “We...
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