Tag: ISIS

Warren said the coalition has been striking ISIS's oil assets from the beginning of the campaign.Â (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

U.S. bombs ISIS oil fields, Trump claims credit

Jacqueline Klimas · November 14, 2015 5:01 am

"We need to redouble our efforts to prevent ISIS agents from penetrating our nation by other means," saidÂ Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Cruz after Paris: Tighten the U.S. border

Pete Kasperowicz · November 14, 2015 2:47 am

"We are going to lead a war which will be pitiless," saidÂ French President Francois Hollande. (French televison pool via AP)

Hollande: ‘We are going to lead a war which will be pitiless’

Pete Kasperowicz · November 14, 2015 1:56 am

Friday morning, President Obama was touting a successful airstrike that was thought to have killed "Jihadi John."Â Â (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Paris attack draws attention to Obama’s claim of progress on ISIS

Nicole Duran · November 14, 2015 12:01 am

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, accompanied by Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., are among a group of senator demanding that the Obama administration release unclassified information on all current Guantanamo detainees. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Senators: Obama left Americans ‘in the dark’ on Guantanamo

Anna Giaritelli · November 13, 2015 10:08 pm

Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the U.S.-led air campaign, launched an assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

National Security

Obama’s new anti-ISIS strategy sees gains

Jacqueline Klimas · November 13, 2015 3:32 pm

Trump melts down: ‘How stupid are the people of Iowa?’

Pete Kasperowicz · November 13, 2015 2:06 pm

National Security

‘Jihadi John’ targeted in U.S.-U.K. airstrike in Syria

Kelly Cohen · November 13, 2015 12:12 pm

Obama: ISIS Is Not Gaining Strength

Daniel Halper · November 13, 2015 9:39 am

Kerry sees Syria progress despite Assad question

Nicole Duran · November 13, 2015 1:59 am

"We have said from the beginning that this would be a multi-year effort," Kerry said. "We are on the right track and we are making gains; and we are clear about the road ahead." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Kerry: U.S. ‘on the right track’ in Syria

Nicole Duran · November 12, 2015 11:35 pm

Yazidi Kurdish women hold posters and banners during a protest against the Islamic State group's invasion on Sinjar city one year ago, in Dohuk, northern Iraq, Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Seivan M.Salim)

Beltway Confidential

Obama won’t call Islamic State atrocities ‘genocide’ against Christians

Daniel Allott · November 12, 2015 9:52 pm