Defense

The U.S. Fight Against ISIS in Iraq

Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the deployment of an additional 560 troops to aid in the fight against the group.

Defense

All-Clear at Joint Base Andrews

The base in Maryland lifted its lockdown after it instructed all personnel to shelter in place because of a report Thursday of an active shooter.

Defense

Iwo Jima, Misidentified

The Marine Corps has acknowledged it wrongly identified one of the six men in the iconic World War II image, USA Today reports.

Defense

The Orlando 911 Transcripts

The FBI released excerpts of the conversation Omar Mateen had with police negotiators on June 12.

Defense

The Letter Urging a U.S. Rethink on Syria

Fifty-one State Department officials are urging the Obama administration to conduct airstrikes against the Assad regime.

Defense

Obama Condemns ‘Most Deadly Shooting in American History’ as FBI Opens Probe

Islamic State news agency claims group is responsible for attack.

Management

Remembering Bretagne, the Last Known 9/11 Rescue Dog

The 16-year-old golden retriever was the oldest surviving member of the group of dogs who took part in rescue and recovery operations at Ground Zero.

Defense

Reversing Course on U.S. Soldiers Wearing Kurdish Rebel Insignia

On Thursday, the Defense Department said that in order to blend in, special-operation forces often don the insignia of forces they accompany. On Friday, after Turkey complained, a spokesman called the action “unauthorized and inappropriate.”

Defense

Obama's Historic Hiroshima Visit

The president is the first sitting American leader to make a trip to the city that was bombed by the U.S. with a nuclear device.

Management

Obama: World Leaders Are 'Rattled' By Trump

Speaking in Japan, the president also explained the tense race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders by saying: “They are in the course of a primary.”

Defense

United States Ends Arms Embargo on Vietnam

President Obama, who is on a visit to Hanoi, said the decades-old prohibition on the sales of weapons to a onetime enemy would be lifted.

Management

FDA's New Label Rules, Explained

Under the new regulations, food- and drink-makers must disclose added sugars on their labels.

Management

Shooting Reported Near the White House

The president was not in the compound at the time.

Defense

Can the U.S. and Russia Revive the Syrian Peace Talks?

More than a dozen countries are attempting to reimpose a cease-fire between the Syrian government and rebel groups.

Defense

West Point Won't Punish Cadets Seen in Photograph With Their Fists Raised

Controversy over the photograph, taken on April 26, erupted after it was published in the Army Times.

Defense

Obama to Make a Historic Visit to Hiroshima

The president will go to the city, one of two to be attacked with a U.S. nuclear device, later this month, the White House said.

Defense

The American Casualties in the Fight Against ISIS

Three U.S. service personnel have been killed in Iraq since October 2015.

Management

Obama to Visit Flint Wednesday

The president will visit the Michigan city affected by high levels of lead in drinking water.

Defense

An American Service Member Is Killed in Iraq

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the person was slain in fighting near Irbil.

Defense

North Korea Sentences an American to 10 Years in Prison

Kim Dong-chul of Fairfax, Virginia, was arrested last October.