United States government

What to know about the US military strikes in Iraq, Syria

Abhinav Thawait

BEIRUT (AP) — British forces on Saturday joined their American allies in new attacks against militia in Yemen. The U.S. ...

Biden will attend the return home of 3 US troops killed in Jordan, who he says ‘risked it all’

Abhinav Thawait

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will join grieving families at Dover Air Force ...

Ron DeSantis is still focused on Washington’s problems

Elaine Hadley

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — On the heels of a failed presidential bid, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finally weighed in ...

Report: Drone that killed US troops in Jordan mistaken for US drone

Abhinav Thawait

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces may have mistaken an enemy drone for an American one and let it pass unchallenged ...

Yemen Houthi rebels fire a missile at a US warship, escalating worst Mideast sea conflict in decades

Abhinav Thawait

JERUSALEM (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a missile Friday at a U.S. warship patrolling the Gulf of Aden, forcing ...

Tim Scott will endorse Trump ahead of New Hampshire Republican primary

Gregory Daniels

What to know about AP’s role: CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina endorsed Donald Trump Friday ...

Israel-Hamas war: Netanyahu opposes Palestinian state scenario

Abhinav Thawait

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday rejected U.S. calls to scale back Israel’s military offensive in the ...

Houthi missile hits US-owned ship off Yemen in Gulf of Aden

Abhinav Thawait

JERUSALEM (AP) — Houthi rebels fired a missile, striking a U.S.-owned ship Monday just off the coast of Yemen in ...

China sanctions 5 US defense companies in response to US sanctions and arms sales to Taiwan

Elaine Hadley

BEIJING (AP) — China announced sanctions Sunday on five American defense-related companies in response to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan ...

On Jan. 6 many Republicans blamed Trump for the Capitol riot. Now they endorse his presidential bid

Elaine Hadley

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the follow-up to their 2018 bestseller “How Democracies Die,” authors Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky write ...