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WASHINGTON: The US State Department has offered a $5 million reward for information on Mullah Fazlullah, the Afghanistan-based chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan(TTP). The announcement came two days after Fazlullah’s son was reportedly killed along with around two dozen others in a US drone strike in Afghanistan. The US State …

WASHINGTON – A Marine colonel who investigated a sexual harassment claim at a troubled program inside the Corps’ Quantico headquarters was later counseled for allegedly harassing the wife of the unit’s chaplain, referring to her as “eye candy.” A Marine inspector general’s report in 2015 called out a toxic work …

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House sent the state’s first gun control measures in 22 years to Gov. Rick Scott on a 67-50 vote Wednesday. The measure that also creates a school marshal program to arm classroom teachers comes three weeks after 17 were slain at a Parkland high school. The …

WASHINGTON — Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin announced sweeping plans Wednesday to reorganize the embattled agency from top to bottom, beginning with national headquarters essentially taking over and consolidating oversight of VA medical centers in 12 states. Three regional directors who oversaw 23 hospitals serving nearly 3 million …

WASHINGTON — President Trump is preparing to sign off on new tariffs for steel and aluminum exports as early as Thursday, even amid more Republican objections and uncertainty about whether some countries may be exempted, according to two administration officials. Late Wednesday, the White House was pulling together details of …

WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump said the United States is “willing to go either way” in response to North Korea’s development of nuclear-tipped missiles, adding “hopefully it’s going to be the proper way.” The president’s comments came after South Korea said Tuesday the North is willing to start talks …

Addressing the latest round of White House resignations, President Trump said Tuesday the West Wing has “tremendous spirit,” but acknowledged it’s a tough place to work because he enjoys pitting staffers against each other to get the best advice. “I like conflict,” the president said at a White House news …

WHITE HOUSE – The motto of the ritzy gala that is the Gridiron dinner is “singe, but don’t burn.” But President Trump came to the white-tie banquet Saturday night armed with a flamethrower. He sprayed the room, setting anything and everything on fire — including his own family, his top …

WASHINGTON – President Trump stood firm on plans to impose tariffs, telling Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven that the European Union has been ripping off the U.S. for years. “The United States has been taken advantage of by other countries — some friendly, some not so friendly — for many …

WASHINGTON: The United States on Sunday made its strongest accusation to date of Moscow´s complicity in civilian deaths in Syria´s besieged eastern Ghouta region, saying Russian military aircraft conducted at least 20 daily bombing missions in Damascus and eastern Ghouta between Feb 24 and Feb 28. “Russia has gone on …