U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 16 strikes consisting of 36 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. U.S. Central Command continues to work with…
Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin was relieved as the commander of the US Seventh Fleet, after the unit based in Yokosuka, Japan, suffered two deadly warship collisions. Adm. Scott Swift, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, relieved Aucoin “due to a loss…
Last year it was 8 men, then down to 6, and now almost 5. While Americans fixate on Trump, the super-rich are absconding with our wealth, and the plague of inequality continues to grow. An analysis of 2016 data found that the poorest five deciles of…
U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) blasted President Donald Trump’s lack of strategy in America’s 17-year war in Afghanistan and proposed his own plan, which involves more troops, more bombing and an enduring US presence in the country. McCain, chairman of the Senate…
President Donald Trump is a racist and a hate preacher. It’s time to stop trivializing the immense damage he is causing. Editorial by Klaus Brinkbäumer Ninety years ago, in the New York borough of Queens, around 1,000 members of the Klu…
On August 21, 2017, millions of people across the United States will see nature’s most wondrous spectacle — a total eclipse of the Sun. It is a scene of unimaginable beauty; the Moon completely blocks the Sun, daytime becomes a…
A grand total of 1,219 governors, mayors, businesses, investors, and colleges and universities from across the U.S. or with significant operations in the U.S., representing the broadest cross section of the American economy yet assembled in pursuit of climate action,…
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 21 strikes consisting of 41 engagements, Army Col. Ryan Dillon told reporters at the Pentagon. Coalition commanders downplay high civilian toll in Syria,…
A 48-year-old central Illinois man who worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan has pleaded guilty to soliciting $320,000 in bribes from Afghan contractors. Mark E. Miller, 48, of Springfield, Ill., was charged in an Information filed…
A Texas megachurch preacher and radio/TV evangelist who calls himself a Christian says President Donald Trump would be justified to unleash a nuclear attack on North Korea. God has given Trump the “authority to take out Kim Jong-Un,” according to the Rev. Robert Jeffress, Jr.…
