Jan 22 Taliban attack kills dozens at Afghan military base By Amir Shah, Rahim Faiez, Associated Press A suicide bomber drove an armored Humvee packed with explosives at the base in eastern Maidan Wardak province on Monday, a severe blow to the government that already has lost control of nearly half of the country to the insurgents. Continue reading
Jan 22 Supreme Court: Military service by transgender people can be restricted By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The high court split 5-4 in allowing the plan to take effect, with the court's five conservatives greenlighting it and its four liberal members saying they would not have. Continue reading
Jan 19 Trump paying tribute to Americans killed in Syrian attack By Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump was paying tribute Saturday to the four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in Syria this week as he set off to Dover Air Force Base for the return of their remains. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 3:30 Supreme Court declines to hear case about toxic burn pits on military bases overseas By Hari Sreenivasan The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from veterans who had sued defense contractors over claims that toxic smoke from open burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan caused them serious health problems. One of the contractors, KBR, countered that… Continue watching
Jan 16 2 U.S. service members, 2 U.S. civilians killed in Syria explosion By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the rare morning attack in the U.S.-patrolled town of Manbij in northern Syria, saying one of its members carried out a suicide attack and detonated his vest filled with explosives. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 4:42 Is banning trans troops a legal tactic to reverse civil rights? By Ivette Feliciano U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the discrimination of trans people, either by banning them from the military or firing them because of their sex, have much more at stake than is often perceived. Chase Strangio, an attorney at ACLU’s LGBT… Continue watching
Jan 06 AP Explains: Why Congo's election could lead to violence By Cara Anna, Associated Press The results of Congo’s presidential election were delayed Sunday. And some 80 U.S. military personnel have been deployed to Central Africa to protect U.S. assets from possible “violent demonstrations” in over the outcome. Continue reading
Dec 30 Former Afghanistan commander warns of plans to cut troops By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Sunday that withdrawing up to half the 14,000 American troops serving there would reduce the incentive for the Taliban to negotiate a peace deal after more than 17 years of war. Continue reading
Dec 17 U.S. airstrikes in Somalia kill 62 al-Shabab fighters By Abdi Guled, Associated Press The strikes were carried out in close coordination with Somalia's government and were "conducted to prevent al-Shabab from using remote areas as a safe haven to plot, direct, inspire, and recruit for future attacks," said the U.S. military statement. Continue reading
May 10 Watch 6:42 The bigger question raised by the deadly ambush in Niger The Pentagon blames a series of failures for last October's ambush deaths of four U.S. commandos in Niger. Citing poor preparation, communications and training, the investigation also found that the mission was not properly approved. Nick Schifrin gets analysis from… Continue watching