Image copyrightSUPPLIEDImage captionThe group known as Islamic State is believed to be in a strong position in Nangarhar province An American special forces soldier has been killed while carrying out operations against the group known as Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan, the US military has said. It says the soldier…

America First: Donald Trump’s campaign slogan had a succinct, obvious power. Just two words summed up the instinct that Washington — and big business — was no longer working in the interests of ordinary citizens. The slogan encompassed his (and his supporters’) suspicion of trade deals like NAFTA, as well…

BIOGRAPHY Donald J. Trump is the very definition of the American success story, continually setting the standards of excellence while expanding his interests in real estate, sports, and entertainment. He is the archetypal businessman — a deal maker without peer. Mr. Trump started his business career in an office he shared…

by WILLIAM M. ARKIN, CYNTHIA MCFADDEN, KEVIN MONAHAN and ROBERT WINDREM The National Security Council has presented President Donald Trump with options to respond to North Korea’s nuclear program — including putting American nukes in South Korea or killing dictator Kim Jong-un, multiple top-ranking intelligence and military officials told NBC…

A fatal airstrike occurred Saturday in the same northern Syrian town hit earlier this week by a deadly chemical weapon attack, according to several international monitoring groups. The airstrike on the town of Khan Sheikhoun killed a woman, following the chemical attack Tuesday that killed 87 people, including children. The…

Image copyrightEPAImage captionSyrians protested outside the UN offices in Damascus Syria’s war Syria ‘chemical attack’: What we know Syria ‘chemical attack’: What can forensics tell us? Syria ‘chemical attack’: What now? Why is there a war in Syria? Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said “terrorists are celebrating” US strikes on a Syrian…

. We’ve had pussy protests and airport protests, both drenched in mainstream media coverage and amplification. From the tenor of these protests and much attendant news coverage, you’d think the country was in constitutional chaos, and that the people were rising up in unity from sea to shining sea to…

Since at least Donald Trump’s election, our media have been in the grip of an astonishing, self-inflicted crisis. Despite Trump’s constant railing against the American press, there is no greater enemy of the American media than the American media. They did this to themselves. We are in the midst of…

An ISIS-linked group of hackers has released a “kill list” of 8,786 names and addresses in the U.S. and U.K., calling for lone wolf attacks on the targets in a chilling video posted online. The hackers, known as the United Cyber Caliphate (UCC), orders those watching to: “Kill them wherever…