The former president’s statement insulting Powell came one day after the death of the first Black chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The strikes mark the second time the Biden administration has taken military action in the region.

The plan runs counter to Trump’s previous view that troop withdrawals be based on conditions on the ground, not a date on the calendar.

Refugee rights organizations say Donald Trump previously pledged to help Christian refugees but has failed them.

Trump gave a twisted response to news that U.S. troops were injured in the Iranian missile attack against them in Iraq.

Trump previously downplayed the injuries as ‘headaches.’

‘I’m not sure how long you’re going to stay … We’ll work that out as we go ahead.’

Trump has repeatedly claimed that no Americans were harmed when Iran attacked a military base in early January.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s comments call into question the justification for the drone strike against Iran.

The Trump administration is still facing questions about the justification for the drone strike that killed an Iranian general.

The Canadian prime minister said intelligence shows an Iranian missile was responsible for the crash that killed more than 170 people, many of them Canadians.

Efforts to contain ISIS were already strained, but the death of Gen. Qassem Soleimani strained them even more.

Trump tried to blame his predecessor for Iran’s attack this week on Iraqi bases housing American troops.

Iran retaliated against the United States for killing Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani by firing missiles at bases housing troops in Iraq.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper disputed a letter from a top military official saying the country would respect the Iraqi Parliament’s vote to expel American troops from the country.

More troops are being sent to the Middle East after Trump’s strike on an Iranian general led to more tension in the region.

Trump has suggested he didn’t give Democrats the customary briefing because Democrats are as untrustworthy as America’s adversaries.

‘There will be for sure a reaction from Iran’s side and the axis of resistance, but the question is where, when, and how.’

Pompeo’s claim of an ‘imminent threat’ from Iran and his statement that the assassination gives Iranians ‘freedom’ is very similar to the Bush administration’s justification for the Iraq War.

Trump’s attack on an Iranian official could spark yet more violent conflict in the Middle East.

Protesters broke into the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad to protest U.S. airstrikes on an Iran-backed militia in Iraq.

Critics contend the vice president may have acted unconstitutionally by seeking to push aid funding to Christian organizations.

The Department of Defense revealed that up to 18,000 ISIS fighters are operating in Iraq and Syria.

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) does not want to be judged for killing ‘scores’ of civilians in Iraq.

The Trump administration’s escalation with Iran has echoes of the Iraq War quagmire.

The U.S. military depends on the help of local Iraqis — but Trump has barred almost all Iraqi refugees from entering America.

Iraqi Christians say despite promises from Mike Pence and the Trump administration, they were better off under President Obama.

If Trump truly wanted to support the troops, he might consider visiting them at least once.