Month: August 2017

The Taliban said in an open letter to President Donald Trump that the military situation in the Afghanistan war was “far worse than you realize”, and deploying more armed forces would be self-destructive, Reuters reports. […]

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Despite North Korea concerns, a national defense spending bill may get “kicked down the road” again as Congress deals with other pressing issues, CNBC reports. After the August recess concludes, there will be quite a […]

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The Trump administration’s move to cut federal funds for right-wing violence fighters has raised new questions, after the president gave a controversial response to violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville over the weekend, […]

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The Justice Department has requested information of visitors to a webpage used to plan protests against President Donald Trump, according to a blog post by the Los Angeles-based DreamHost. Web hosting provider DreamHost said it […]

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Defense Secretary James Mattis on Monday hinted that the Pentagon may propose its own changes to President Donald Trump’s plan to ban all transgender individuals from the military, The Hill reports. Mattis told reporters at […]

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James Alex Fields Jr., who is suspected of killing a woman as he allegedly drove a car into a group of counterprotesters at a white supremacist rally in Virginia, is set to appear on Monday […]

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions called late Saturday for a federal investigation into the day’s racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, Politico reports. “The violence and deaths in Charlottesville strike at the heart of American law […]

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The Trump administration is applying a “peaceful pressure campaign” on North Korea, the heads of the Defense and State departments wrote in an op-ed on Sunday, The Hill reports. Lawmakers in both parties raised concerns […]

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