Despite this week’s $60 million pledge from the State Department, members of the Group of Five Sahel States appealed for additional support Wednesday from the U.S. and other countries, saying the fight against terrorism in the West Africa region is a global problem.
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Moral courage is not something easily taught in the newsroom nor critiqued by an editor. Medill alumnus James Foley proved the extent of his moral courage when he was abducted and killed by ISIS while reporting during the Syrian civil war, becoming the first American to be killed by the Islamic State.
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The U.S. government is offering multi-million dollar rewards for information that leads to the capture of two of the most wanted terrorist members in Hezbollah, State Department and National Counterterrorism Center officials announced Tuesday.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions angered Democrats Wednesday when he refused to divulge information regarding the firing of former FBI Director James Comey and his own communication with Russian officials, threatening to leave the Senate hearing if Democrats continued to accuse him of collusion.
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The Syrian city of Raqqa, the former self-proclaimed capital of the Islamic State caliphate, is still too dangerous for civilians days after its liberation, the Special Operations commander for the U.S.-led coalition said Tuesday.
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The United States will vote against a United Nations resolution later this week calling for an end to the U.S. embargo against Cuba, State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said Tuesday.
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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly delivered an emotional pushback to criticism that President Donald Trump disrespected the family of a slain soldier who died in Niger when he offered his condolences, calling Rep. Frederica Wilson “selfish” for publicizing the call.
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At a Brookings Institution talk Wednesday, Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., proposed that military spending be separated from other spending in the budget, while Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., advocated a more holistic approach to budget reconciliation.
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, when most people had been saved but cattle were still stranded, a crew of unlikely saviors from Michigan swung into action for one of the unusual missions this storm created with the extent of its flooding.
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The first words out of Cpt. Lane’s mouth were that some soldiers reported the flood water burned on contact. I was sitting behind him in the light medium tactical vehicle (LMTV), so I couldn’t tell if he was joking as we rode towards some of the most impoverished flooded areas in Orange, TX.
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