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Donald Trump

Trump vows to put ‘America first’ in foreign policy

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare formal policy speech, Republican front-runner Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to put American security "above all else" if elected president, warning allies they would be left to defend themselves if they don't "pay their fair share." He also called for

Syria

Is the U.S. military strategy doing more harm or good in the Middle East?

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Donald Trump

Trump’s new Obama claims push into uncharted territory

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's latest accusation against President Barack Obama — that he's putting U.S. enemies ahead of America's own people — is thrusting him into uncharted territory for the presidential candidate of any major political party. Trump spent the first days following the Orlando

Barack Obama

US tells allies it may rethink Afghan troop drawdown

BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has told NATO allies America will take a new look at its plans to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year, a British official says, a fresh indication that U.S. involvement in the country is not

Florida

Orlando imam denies ties to nightclub shooter

ORLANDO, Fla. – Marcus Dwayne Robertson, the Islamic imam who preaches intolerance toward homosexuals, denied that the Orlando nightclub shooter, Omar Mateen, was a student of his online Muslim academy, during a Tuesday night interview broadcast by Fox News. "Our heart goes out to the victims and we didn'

Donald Trump

Trump blasts Obama’s ‘politically correct’ response to Orlando

MANCHESTER, N.H. – An emboldened Donald Trump doubled down Monday on his policy vow to put a temporary ban on immigration from Muslim countries, a day after a Florida man who had pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State carried out the worst terror attack on American soil since 9/

Massachusetts

Baker decries Orlando shooting, says no tie to Marathon bombers

BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker highlighted steps being taken by law enforcement to increase security around Massachusetts on Monday and downplayed any connection between the Orlando, Florida, attacker and the brothers who carried out the 2013 bombings at the Boston Marathon. Omar Mateen, the 29-year-old who opened fire at gay

Barack Obama

Obama widens US Afghan role during final months in office

WASHINGTON (AP) — Far from ending the two wars he inherited from the Bush administration, Barack Obama is wrestling with an expanded set of conflicts in the final months of his presidency, from Iraq and Afghanistan to Libya and Syria, with no end in sight. In Afghanistan, where a Taliban resurgence