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This map shows where US-Iran tensions have flared in Iraq, which culminated in the...
Tensions started escalating on December 27 when an Iran-backed militia fired a rocket, killing a US contractor and four US servicemen in Iraq.
Senate should set aside witness dispute and start impeachment trial: McConnell
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday the Senate should begin the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump even though it has...
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Back Louisiana Abortion Curbs
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a Louisiana law that requires doctors who perform abortions to get...
How Bernie Sanders’ response to the Soleimani strike stands out
Will today be remembered as the day that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) "locked up" the 2020 Democratic nomination?Ben Smith, editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News, suggested...
Qasem Soleimani’s Assassination Opens a Pandora’s Box in the Middle East
The assassination of Iran’s Quds force commander is a game changer in the U.S.-Iran standoff
Conservative, liberal Methodists to split over gay marriage
The plan, if approved at the church's worldwide conference in Minneapolis in May, would divide the third-largest U.S. Christian denomination into two branches: A...
Rand Paul Suggests Soleimani’s Death Will Lead to More ‘Instability’ in the Middle East
Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) on Friday joined skeptics of President Trump’s decision to authorize an airstrike on Iranian military commander Qassim Soleimani, suggesting...
Gulf allies of US fear reprisals after Soleimani killing
America's allies in the Gulf could be on the front line of Iranian reprisals after the assassination of military commander Qasem Soleimani inflamed fears...
At least 228 police officers died by suicide in 2019, Blue H.E.L.P. says. That’s...
More police officers died by suicide in 2019 than were killed in the line of duty, advocacy group Blue H.E.L.P. reports.
Legal basis for US killing of Iran general depends on threat
Did President Donald Trump have the legal authority to order the killing of a top Iranian general in Iraq? Iran and its allies...
