U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is offering qualified support for President Barack Obama’s decision to begin bombing the ISIS terrorist group in Iraq. Murphy is opposed to an “open-ended military campaign” and ...

Rumors swirled this week that Secretary Pete Hegseth is prepping a list of top Pentagon brass for the chopping block, but it's not the first time an administration has cleaned out top military ...

President Barack Obama boards Air Force One, Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Flint, Mich., to talk with community members about the ongoing water crisis. (AP ...

PHOENIX — President Barack Obama is pausing in his relentless campaign for health care changes to bring a leading veterans organization up to date on how he intends to proceed on dual military ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ground helping Iraqi and Kurdish forces battle the ...

Ahead of President Obama’s Tuesday night address on the end of American combat operations in Iraq, the White House released these excerpts of his speech: “But this milestone should serve as a reminder ...

Update (1:05 p.m. EST): The press conference is over. Update (1:03 p.m. EST): "The size of our embassy, in terms of diplomats, is going to be comparable to other countries elsewhere in the world," ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

To mark the official, for-real-this-time end of the war in Iraq, President Obama delivered a speech at Fort Bragg, N.C. today in front of thousands of troops. "As your commander-and-chief, and on ...

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (L) after their meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, November 1, 2013 (Jonathan ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday the approval of a long-delayed election law by Iraq's parliament would allow the polls to go ahead early next year and pave the way for the ...