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MCALLEN, Texas — On a trip to a border city in Texas, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Saturday he intends to accelerate planning to secure the border and bolster the government’s ability to accomplish…

With the intense polarization in politics today, it seems that every conversation has turned into a list of things that are wrong with the country. Social media has become a dumping ground for negativity. We see an ever growing…

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó on Saturday said he's instructed his political envoy in Washington to immediately open relations with the U.S. military in a bid to bring more pressure on President Nicolás Maduro to resign.…

May 11 (UPI) -- Chinese Vice Premier Liu He called for the United States to remove all tariffs its goods during a trade negotiation in Washington on Friday. This news came as the presidents of the world's two largest economies ended…

The trade war is only partly about economicsby digbyPaul Krugman brings up one of the big issues around this trade war that I think gets short shrift. It's not just about economics. It's about keeping the peace.First he corrects the…

The Epoch Times/Flickr It’s usually wisest to treat Donald Trump’s tweets with the seriousness of the ravings of a corner street preacher. But sometimes among the defensive boasts, bullying provocations and distracting…

Do Americans have a constitutional right to carry guns in public? Today, nine states, including New York, California and New Jersey, make it very difficult for law-abiding citizens to obtain any sort of carry permit. Public carry was not…

Editor's Note: This article by Patricia Kime originally appeared on Military.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community.With the Defense Department pushing forward on outsourcing its military moving process,…

A sneak attack on a Jewish man walking in New York City on Tuesday evening was the second anti-Semitic incident in the city in less than a week.The attack comes as New York police released figures showing a staggering increase in hate…

According to a recent study by the White House Council of Economic Advisers, military spouses have an unemployment rate of 16%, which is far higher than the national rate of around 3.4%. Once you add in military spouses who work…