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September 16, 2017

Tax cuts quiet once-deafening GOP call for fiscal discipline

Republicans spooked world markets in their ardor to cut spending when Democrat Barack Obama occupied the White House.

September 16, 2017

Transgender troops can re-enlist in military _ for now

New guidance released Friday by the Pentagon makes it clear that any transgender troops currently in the military can ...

September 16, 2017

UN condemns North Korea's 'highly provocative' missile test

The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's "highly provocative" ballistic missile test on Friday and demanded ...

September 16, 2017

The Latest: Pentagon allows transgender troops to re-enlist

The Latest on Pentagon policy on transgender troops (all times local): 6:40 p.m. New guidance released Friday by the Pentagon ...

September 15, 2017

VA data show veteran suicide highest in US West, rural areas

Suicide among military veterans is especially high in the western U.S. and rural areas, according to new government data ...

September 15, 2017

What's changed with NKorea in 5 weeks since 'fire and fury'

How has North Korea responded in the five weeks since President Donald Trump threated Pyongyang with "fire and fury?" A trio ...

September 15, 2017

Trump honors resolve of the nation's Air Force

President Donald Trump honored the resolve of the nation's Air Force on Friday, warning foes and international terrorist ...

September 15, 2017

North Korea fires missile over Japan in longest-ever flight

North Korea conducted its longest-ever test flight of a ballistic missile Friday, sending an intermediate-range weapon ...

September 15, 2017

Coast Guard: Most fuel spilled from tank farm unrecoverable

Less than 20 percent of a 461,000-gallon (1.7-million-liter) gasoline spill in Texas during Hurricane Harvey was recovered ...

September 15, 2017

CIA director cancels Harvard speech over 'traitor' Manning

CIA Director Mike Pompeo scrapped his appearance Thursday at Harvard University over the school's decision to make Chelsea ...

September 15, 2017

1 soldier killed, 7 injured in Fort Bragg training exercise

A training exercise involving demolitions killed one special operations soldier and injured seven others at the Army's ...

September 15, 2017

Possible US citizen fighting with Islamic State in US hands

A man believed to be an American citizen who was fighting with Islamic State militants has surrendered in Syria and is now ...

September 14, 2017

Tillerson says Myanmar violence must stop, supports Suu Kyi

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has delivered the toughest condemnation yet from a Trump administration official of the ...

September 14, 2017

House backs $1.2T spending bill with more money for military

The Republican-led House on Thursday passed a sweeping $1.2 trillion spending bill that provides billions more dollars for ...

September 14, 2017

Irma's fury in the Keys: High winds, waves, then devastation

Huge waves crashed down on this tropical paradise, pounding the white sands of Summerland Key with brute fury. Then came ...

September 14, 2017

Amphibious vehicle ignites, 8 Marines sent to burn center

An amphibious vehicle caught fire during a training exercise at a Southern California base Wednesday and 15 Marines were ...

September 13, 2017

Senate rejects bipartisan push for new US war authorization

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a bipartisan push for a new war authorization against the Islamic State and other terrorist ...

September 13, 2017

US says drone strikes in Somalia kill 6 al-Shabab members

The U.S. has carried out three drone strikes in southern Somalia that killed six members of the al-Shabab extremist group, ...

September 13, 2017

Declassified list shows sites in Mosul with unexploded bombs

A top American military commander has declassified 81 locations of unexploded bombs dropped by the U.S.-led coalition in the ...