Obama: US lacks ‘complete strategy’ for training Iraqis
By NEDRA PICKLER The United States does not yet have a “complete strategy” for training Iraqi forces to fight Islamic State militants, President Barack Obama said Monday amid signs of…
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Black and Jewish WWI heroes finally getting Medal of Honor
By NEDRA PICKLER President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor Tuesday to two World War I Army soldiers who may have been denied the top military honor in the…
Former Md. Gov. O’Malley jumps into 2016 Democratic race
By KEN THOMAS Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on Saturday joined the Democratic presidential race with a longshot challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton for the 2016 nomination and tried to…
Obama puts stricter controls on military-style for police
By NEDRA PICKLER Nine months after police in riot gear dispelled racially charged protests, President Barack Obama is prohibiting the federal government from providing some military-style equipment to local departments…
Jacksonville mayoral race draws national political interest
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON There’s a reason why the Jacksonville mayoral race is drawing the attention of outsiders like former President Bill Clinton, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Gov. Jeb…
Iraq war judged a mistake by today’s White House hopefuls
By CONNIE CASS A dozen years later, American politics has reached a rough consensus about the Iraq War: It was a mistake. Politicians hoping to be president rarely run ahead…
Bill Clinton’s lucrative speeches got fast approval at State
By LISA LERER and STEPHEN BRAUN State Department officials gave speedy and sometimes only cursory consideration to potential conflicts of interest when approving former President Bill Clinton’s lucrative speeches to…
Report released after SC white deputy shoots black homeowner
By BRUCE SMITH As a South Carolina sheriff’s deputy responded to a report of a home invasion, he shouted commands at a black homeowner holding a gun before firing at…