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New York Times asks 'Fox & Friends' for apology

The New York Times is asking Fox News' morning show "Fox & Friends" to apologize for what the newspaper calls a "malicious ...

Police: Errant US bombing kills 12 Afghan security forces

An errant U.S. airstrike confirmed by the Pentagon killed 12 Afghan National Police officers and wounded two others, as ...

Jim Mattis

Mattis says US still debating 'big ideas' on Afghan plan

The Trump administration is still sorting out "the big ideas" for a new Afghanistan strategy, beyond troop levels and other ...

Trump to review security risks from fewer US factories

President Donald Trump plans to review the U.S. manufacturing base and supply chains because of possible national security ...

Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Jim Mattis

Trump, Mattis: US winning fight against Islamic State group

The United States is winning its fight against the Islamic State group and enlarging an international coalition to defeat the ...

Diane Black

Senate panel rejects Trump cuts to foreign aid, domestic

Rebuffing a Republican president, a GOP-led Senate panel on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to ...

House to vote on Trump's $1.6B border wall request next week

House Republicans are moving next week to fund President Donald Trump's $1.6 billion request to begin construction of his ...

Jordanian soldier gets life term for killing 3 US troops

A Jordanian soldier was sentenced Monday to life in prison after being convicted of killing three U.S. military trainers last ...

Mike Rogers

US to create independent military cyber command

After months of delay, the Trump administration is finalizing plans to revamp the nation's military command for defensive and ...

Mike Rogers

Military cyber operations headed for revamp after long delay

After months of delay, the Trump administration is finalizing plans to revamp the nation's military command for defensive and ...

US kills Islamic State leader in Afghanistan

The Pentagon says that U.S. forces killed the head of the Islamic State group affiliate in Afghanistan in an airstrike in ...

Ron DeSantis, Jim Jordan

Top House Republican says budget plan to move ahead

House Republicans are moving ahead with their long-overdue budget blueprint, even as divisions between moderates and ...

Key provisions in House-passed defense policy bill

The GOP-led House on Friday overwhelmingly approved a defense policy bill for the 2018 fiscal year that would provide $696 ...

Defense bill calls climate change a national security threat

The Republican-led House decisively approved a defense policy bill on Friday that declares climate change a national security ...

Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy

The Latest: House approves defense policy bill for 2018

The Latest on the House's consideration of the defense policy bill for the 2018 fiscal year (all times local): 11:55 a.m.

Vicky Hartzler

House rejects attempt to ban transgender surgery for troops

The Republican-led House narrowly rejected a measure on Thursday that sought to strike an Obama-era practice of requiring the ...

Vicky Hartzler

The Latest: House rejects transgender ban measure for troops

The Latest on the House's consideration of the defense policy bill for the 2018 fiscal year (all times local): 5:45 p.m.

Chuck Schumer

Senate panel kicks off work on spending bills

A key Senate panel kicked off action on its long-delayed agenda of 12 annual spending bills on Thursday with a bipartisan ...

US, allies may increase strikes, surveillance in Raqqa

The U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group may increase airstrikes and overhead surveillance support for the ...

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US Commander: Still More Work to Do in Mosul

The top U.S. Commander in Iraq says there is still more work to be done in Mosul. Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend says there are ...