A top chief of the National Guard told a Senate panel Tuesday there are 965 National Guard troops deployed to the US-Mexico border.
After Russian forces refused to let inspectors into the alleged chemical attack site in Syria, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is now being allowed access.
The Trump administration is poised to impose another round of sanctions on Russia for its support of Assad's murderous regime, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley announced this week.
The U.N. Security Council rejected a Russian resolution calling for condemnation of the "aggression" by the United States and its allies against Syria on Saturday.
President Donald Trump on Saturday declared “Mission Accomplished” for a U.S.-led allied missile attack on Syria’s chemical weapons program, but the Pentagon said the pummeling of three chemical-related facilities left enough others intact to enable the Assad government to use banned weapons against civilians if it chooses.
The United States, France and Britain launched military strikes in Syria to punish President Bashar Assad for an apparent chemical attack against civilians and to deter him from doing it again, U.S. officials said. Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced the Friday night raids as aggression that will make the humanitarian crisis in Syria worse and called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations' Security Council.
President Donald Trump announced Friday night that the US has carried out retaliatory airstrikes for an apparent Syrian chemical weapon attack last week.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley blasted Russia and Syria Friday and praised the way President Trump is handling the aftermath of a chemical attack on Syrian civilians.
A Christian group is urging leaders in Washington to come up with a stricter immigration bill.
President Donald Trump is still weighing options for US military action against Syria, as Western powers rallied against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over an apparent chemical weapons attack near Damascus.