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Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said during a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday that he is “astounded” the legislative chamber would sign off on the Iranian nuclear deal without first reading the agreement.

Only 30 percent of poll respondents said they had a favorable opinion of her, down from 45 percent in April.

Germany recently announced it would accept up to 800,000 refugees, and the United Kingdom said it would take in some 20,000.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest made the announcement at his daily press conference one day after Secretary of State John Kerry said that the country was committed to taking in more Syrian refugees to respond to the immigration crisis that was affecting Europe, reports Efe.

U.S. military officials appear to be preparing to scale back a high-profile programme to train and arm thousands of rebels to fight the Islamic State group in Syria following a top general’s embarrassing admission that the $500mn scheme had produced just “four or...

A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia has stepped up its attacks on Iranian-supported Houthi rebels in Yemen’s central province of Marib, as its forces draw nearer to the capital San’a.

It is not clear what happened to all of the initial group attacked in northern Syria – some were killed, others captured, while the rest scattered.

“It’s a small number, the ones that are in the fight is, we’re talking four or five”, General Lloyd Austin said during testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Democrats in the US Senate blocked a last-ditch effort by Republicans on Thursday to add new conditions before President Barack Obama can waive any sanctions under the Iran nuclear deal.

“It’s necessary that Iran receive the message that the U.S.is prepared to destroy any and all capability and facilities without warning or prolonged negotiation”, said Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-CA, who supports the bill along with Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-IL, and Rep....

Syrians have ended up around Detroit and southeastern Michigan, for example, where a flourishing Arab-American community has swelled by nearly 20,000 Iraqi refugees arriving over the past decade. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. It was decided by the White House to take in 5,000...

Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson pressed the Justice Department Monday on whether offering Pagliano a “proffer session” – a chance to outline what he knows without fear of legal consequences – would constitute an official waiver of his Fifth Amendment...

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told this week that some of the young men the USA would accept “could easily be people who could be infiltrated by terrorists”. Our borders are not as porous as those between Syria and most of Europe.

In a lengthy statement outlining her reasons for supporting the deal and the research she undertook to evaluate its merits, Mikulski says military action should be considered only as a last resort and that airstrikes would only deter the Iranians temporarily.

After the college stop, Clinton visited a shop called Popcorn Heaven in nearby Waterloo where she chatted with owner ReShonda Young, whom she had previously met at a business round table. “I’m putting the facts out”, David Brock, the founder of several...