Iraqi Defence Minister Thabet al-Abbasi says US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth warned him of imminent regional military operations, urging Baghdad to prevent pro-Iran militias from intervening. Hegseth reportedly ended the call saying,

Dick Cheney, who passed away Tuesday at the age of 84, was arguably one of the most powerful and influential US vice presidents in history.

“That’s the way the war ends, not with a bang but a whimper,” Kaine said ... Senate say the repeal is crucial to prevent future abuses and to reinforce that Iraq is now a strategic partner of the United States. The House added a similar amendment ...

Smiling broadly and clad in military fatigues, young Iraqi Mohammed Imad's last TikTok post was in a field carved up with heavy vehicle tracks in what appeared to be Ukraine. For weeks Mohammed posted videos on TikTok.

Russ Marek nearly died from an IED blast serving in combat. But he's living life now to inspire other veterans battling disabilities and mental health issues.

Dick Cheney, the former vice president and one of the key architects of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, died Monday at age 84. Cheney served six terms in Congress as Wyoming’s lone representative before serving as defense secretary under President George H.

For his entire first term, Bush had ceded control of foreign policy to Cheney and Rumsfeld. After he won reelection, Bush started taking back some of that power. Realizing that the Iraq war was going badly, he fired Rumsfeld and replaced him with an old favorite of his father’s, former CIA Director Robert Gates.