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US warplanes, ships and troops ready in the Middle East if the conflict expands
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has kept an increased military presence in the Middle East throughout much of the past year, with about 40,000 forces, at least a dozen warships and four Air Force fighter jet squadrons spread across the region both to protect allies and to serve as a deterrent against...
Threats and assassination attempts come with the office Donald Trump once held and is seeking again
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, following an apparent assassination attempt on him on Sunday, claimed that overheated rhetoric from Democrats was responsible for him being under threat. It turns out, records show, that threats come with the office that he once...
Iraqi and US forces kill a top IS commander and other militants in joint operation
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces and American troops have killed a senior commander with the Islamic State group who was wanted by the United States, as well as several other prominent militants, Iraq's military said on Friday. The operation in Iraq's western Anbar province began in...
Iran's president slams the West over the war in Gaza and support for Israel
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday slammed the West, saying that Israel is “committing massacres” in the war in Gaza and using European and American weapons to do so. Pezeshkian, who spoke in Baghdad at the start of his first visit abroad since...
Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he will vote for Kamala Harris
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, will vote for Kamala Harris for president, he announced Friday. Liz Cheney, who herself endorsed Harris on Wednesday, first announced her father's endorsement when asked by Mark Leibovich of The...
Biden signs 'common sense' order prioritizing federal grants for projects with higher worker wages
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order for federal grants that will prioritize projects with labor agreements, wage standards, and benefits such as access to child care and apprenticeship programs. Biden said the ideas in his order “are...
Iraqi women fear rise in child marriages as lawmakers consider giving conservative clerics more say
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13. Her impoverished family near the southern Iraqi city of Basra hoped that the dowry of gold and money would help improve their...
7 US troops hurt in a raid with Iraqi forces that left 15 suspected militants dead
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country's western desert that killed at least 15 people and left seven American troops hurt, officials said Saturday. For years...
Arlington National Cemetery worker was 'pushed aside' in Trump staff dispute but won't seek charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Arlington National Cemetery official was “abruptly pushed aside” in an altercation with former President Donald Trump’s staff during a wreath-laying ceremony to honor service members killed in the Afghanistan War withdrawal, but she declined to press charges, an Army...
Trump has history sparking outrage for incidents around veterans even as military voters backed him
NEW YORK (AP) — The reported altercation at Arlington National Cemetery involving Donald Trump’s staff was far from the first time that veterans or the families of service members have criticized the former president for words or behavior they saw as disparaging. Since his first...
