President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attended a music-filled Christmas Eve service at a Southern Baptist Convention-affiliated church before celebrating the holiday with dinner in the ballroom of his private club. The pastor of Family Church in West Palm Beach, Florida, Jimmy Scroggins, and his family greeted the Trumps as they arrived moments […]

The U.S. military’s top uniformed official refuted media reports that the Pentagon lied about progress regarding the war in Afghanistan. “I know there’s an assertion out there of some sort of a coordinated lie over the course of, say, 18 years. I find that a bit of a stretch; more than a bit of a […]

President Donald Trump pitched a new administration policy at the annual Army-Navy football game on Dec. 14 that clears the way for U.S. military academy athletes to be eligible to play professional sports after graduation. The changes would delay the active-duty service obligations of academy athletes who are considering a career in professional sports. Trump said he […]

President Donald Trump pardoned a turkey on Tuesday afternoon at the White House as First Lady Melania Trump looked on. Trump first wished Americans a happy Thanksgiving before offering details about the turkeys. He was presented with the choice of two turkeys: One named Bread and Butter. Butter was pardoned. Both birds will retire to […]

President Donald Trump met his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in the White House on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Trump went into the talks focused on trade, fighting ISIS, and on untangling some contentious issues in the relationship with the NATO ally. During an afternoon press conference, Trump praised Turkey’s participation in the United States’ fight […]

President Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend the New York City Veterans Day Parade Monday and was joined by First Lady Melania Trump. “It is truly an honor to come back to New York City to Madison Square Park to be the first president to ever attend America’s parade,” he said, touting his […]

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Sunday described the House Democrat-led impeachment inquiry as a “calculated coup,” and accused Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) of orchestrating it. McCarthy told Fox News: “It is clear now more than ever this is a calculated coup, and it is being orchestrated by Adam Schiff.” “We are watching him […]

Revenue from oil fields in northern Syria will go to the Syrian Defense Forces, or SDF. “The revenue from this is not going to the U.S., this is going to the SDF,” Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told reporters in Washington, referring to the Kurdish-led group. The SDF is still our partners and “we are still working […]

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said that the United States may have to take unilateral action against Mexican drug cartels after nine U.S. citizens, including small children, were killed in northern Mexico. Cotton criticized socialist Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s response, saying that he doesn’t want war. “It’s plain that the Mexican government can’t handle […]

Commentary Many Congress members simply cannot be trusted to keep the United States’ important national security secrets. Let that sink in. After U.S. forces killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the founder of ISIS, during a midnight raid on Oct. 26, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) complained that he hadn’t been notified of the operation. […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that closed-door impeachment hearings will keep happening for an undetermined amount of time, even after the House voted to allow open hearings in the inquiry against President Donald Trump. The hearings behind closed doors, which have reportedly included House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) blocking Republicans from asking witnesses […]

President Donald Trump said that Democratic efforts to impeach him will backfire, and are already having profound effects on his core supporters. “It’s energized my base like I’ve never seen before,” the president told the Washington Examiner after the vote to move impeachment forward on Thursday. “My base is much bigger than people think,” Trump […]

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will take over being chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee if Republicans hold the Senate in the 2020 election, current chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Thursday. Grassley, 86, was chair of the committee from 2015 until the 2018 midterms. He became the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Graham, 64, […]

OTTAWA—A great deal of attention has been focused over the past week on the U.S. military operation in Syria that took down the group’s shadowy leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as well as on Turkey’s invasion of northeastern Syria. Yet Iraq and Lebanon, where Canada has hundreds of military personnel, have been facing their own challenges […]

Commentary President Donald Trump recently authorized a raid in Syria in which ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed. Rather than commending the president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other congressional Democrats cried foul and denounced the president for failing to notify them of the planned raid prior to its execution. While it’s not […]

IRBIL, Iraq— The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group has released a new message urging his followers to keep up the fight for Mosul as they defend the city against a major offensive aimed at routing the militants from their last urban stronghol...