Q: I read this on FB. Is it true? The U.S. Treasury just declared the U.S government is insolvent. A: No. That’s the conclusion of an opinion piece that cited a Treasury report showing the ...

From the 1500s through the 1800s, millions of Africans were violently captured from the lush coastal kingdoms of West and Central Africa, traded through slave forts, and packed into ships bound for ...

President Donald Trump likes his military campaigns short and victorious. The quick overnight strike that removed Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro from power is his preferred model of warmaking. But the U.S ...

President Trump said late Sunday that he is not ready to declare victory against Iran despite saying the U.S. has decimated the country militarily and economically. “No, I’m not going to do that.

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President Donald Trump before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Feb. 27. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images) Nine hundred years ago, the Iranian philosopher Abu Hamid al-Ghazali ...

It’s been less than a week since the beginning of the war with Iran. While the United States has not declared war on Iran, it has — along with Israel — killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ...

The Constitution says Congress, not the president, has the power to declare war on another nation, but there are exceptions and disagreements about war power. Let's get the facts. *** declaration of ...

The United States has officially declared war 11 times in the nation’s history, the first time for the War of 1812 and most recently for World War II. According to the U.S. Constitution, Congress has ...

Whether a nation has just cause to begin a war and whether it conducts that war justly are matters of international law. Whether a U.S. President has the power to declare war is a matter of American ...

Lawmakers are trying to limit President Donald Trump's military authority by forcing him to stop operations against Iran unless he has explicit permission from Congress. The current resolution before ...