Politics Jun 20 Senate votes to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia President Donald Trump has promised to veto the legislation.
Politics May 24 Trump sends 1,500 troops to Middle East amid Iran tensions "We are going to be sending a relatively small number of troops, mostly protective," the president told reporters at the White House before setting off on a trip to Japan.
World May 21 Dual congressional hearings focus on Trump’s Iran policy The competing closed-door sessions Tuesday come after weeks of escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf that have raised alarms over a possible military confrontation with Iran.
World May 02 Trump’s Yemen war policy survives Senate’s bid to override veto The Senate on Thursday failed to overturn President Donald Trump's veto of legislation that would have ended U.S. military assistance for the Saudi-led war in Yemen against Iran-backed rebels, but lawmakers promised to keep close watch on the administration's ties…
Politics Apr 21 As Russia probe began, Trump called on NSA spy chief for help Two months before special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed in the spring of 2017, President Donald Trump picked up the phone and called the head of the largest U.S. intelligence agency. Trump told Mike Rogers, director of the National Security…
World Apr 04 House votes to end American support for Yemen war The bill now heads to President Donald Trump, who is expected to veto it.
Politics Mar 06 WATCH: Senators challenge Trump’s Saudi ambassador nominee on human rights During a nomination hearing with retired four-star general John Abizaid, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ticked through their grievances with the Saudi government: the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, allegations of torture, detentions of activists and the mounting…
World Jan 09 Captured ISIS fighters present growing problem as U.S. plans to leave Syria The Trump administration must decide what to do with hundreds of foreign Islamic State fighters who have been captured in Syria as it prepares to pull American troops from the country.
Politics Dec 23 Trump loses U.S. envoy to anti-IS coalition over Syria plan Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group, has resigned in protest over President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.
Politics Dec 21 Trump decided to withdraw U.S. troops after call with Turkish prime minister Trump stunned his Cabinet, lawmakers and much of the world with the move by rejecting the advice of his top aides and agreeing to a withdrawal in a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week, two officials…