• DVIDS

    New Soldiers say "Send Me" to deploy overseas

    One hundred ninety-four new Soldiers joined the Georgia Army National Guard during a battle handoff ceremony in Fort Stewart, Ga., April 13, 2024. The ceremony was the culmination of basic training, military occupational specialty training, and administrative processes. Most will now report to one of the Ga. ARNG’s five brigades, and prepare for unit assemblies and annual training. For a select few in the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team “Volunteers”, an overseas deployment is in their...

  • 'Nothing more backwards' than US funding Ukraine border security but not our own, conservatives say

    A $60 billion aid package for Ukraine that provides about $300 million to bolster the country’s border struck a nerve with several lawmakers increasingly frustrated with the administration's handling of the crisis at the U.S. southern border. On Saturday, the House of Representatives approved spending $60 billion to help Ukraine build up its defense against Russia’s invasion, with a 311-112 vote. Republicans were not unanimous in their approval of the measure, with 101 voting in favor of the aid...

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    US troops set to withdraw from Niger, State Department official says

    By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell met with Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine on Friday and they agreed – after Niger’s demands – that the US would militarily withdraw from the country, according to a State Department official. In the coming days, there will be conversations over

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    US troops set to withdraw from Niger, State Department official says

    By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell met with Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine on Friday and they agreed – after Niger’s demands – that the US would militarily withdraw from the country, according to a State Department official. In the coming days, there will be conversations over

    • KEYT

    US troops set to withdraw from Niger, State Department official says

    By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell met with Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine on Friday and they agreed – after Niger’s demands – that the US would militarily withdraw from the country, according to a State Department official. In the coming days, there will be conversations over

  • Ex-TikTok Employee Says He Was Ordered To Send US Data to China

    A former senior employee at TikTok said he was ordered to send American user data to its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance, contradicting TikTok’s public claims of operating independently from China, according to a Fortune report published Monday.

  • US to deploy more troops to Middle East amid Iran-Israel tensions

    Two senior American officials said on Friday that the country is in the process of deploying more forces to the Middle East to prepare for a potential Iranian attack on Israel or the West. These two senior American officials have expressed concerns about the possibility of an Iranian attack on US bases in Iraq and […]

  • Vice President Kamala Harris blasts Trump saying he is to blame for Arizona abortion ruling during visit to the state as Trump says court's decision 'went too far'

    Harris traveled to Tucson on Friday just days after the AZ court's ruling. Donald Trump wrote Friday the state's Supreme Court 'went too far' with ruling but has praised the overturning of Roe and said issue should be left to states. READ MORE:

  • Ukraine war briefing: Donald Trump says survival of Ukraine important to the US

    Former president’s comments are being described as a shift in tone days before Republicans vote on a multibillion-dollar aid package. What we know on day 786See all our Ukraine war coverageDonald Trump has said the survival of Ukraine is important to the US, in what Reuters describes as a shift in tone days before Republicans are due to vote on a $61bn aid package in the US House of Representatives. “As everyone agrees, Ukrainian Survival and Strength should be much more important to Europe than...

  • Cannabis seizures at checkpoints by US-Mexico border frustrate state-authorized pot industry

    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol is asserting its authority to seize cannabis shipments — including commercial, state-authorized supplies — as licensed cannabis providers file complaints that more than $300,000 worth of marijuana has been confiscated in recent months at highway checkpoints in southern New Mexico. New Mexico's Democratic governor says the disruptions prompted a discussion this week with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whose impeachment charges...

  • Melania Likely Happy Donald Trump May Miss Barron's Graduation, Cohen Says

    Former first lady Melania Trump is likely to be "extremely excited" that former President Donald Trump may miss their son Barron's graduation ceremony, according to ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.The former president requested during the first day of his criminal trial in New York on Monday that he be allowed to skip the trial on May 17 to attend Barron's high school graduation. Followers of Trump's MAGA movement have expressed outrage over New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan not...

  • Review Says Bombing That Killed US Troops During Afghanistan Withdrawal Wasn’t Preventable

    The suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable, and the “bald man in black” spotted by U.S. service members the morning of the attack was not the bomber, according to a new review by U.S. Central Command. The findings. released Monday, refute assertions by […]